He knew it wouldn't be easy for a whole country to change, not overnight, not after all the years of oppression.
How will they deal with their anger at 41 years of oppression?
The African Americans do not forget the years of oppression they have endured.
"The people in the western Ukraine have been terrorized by many years of oppression, and they are afraid," he said.
"It was inspired by years of fear and oppression and passed on from one generation to the next."
"It's you that are to blame, you and your years of oppression."
It was also thought that the ancient religion, forgotten during 700 years of oppression, could be reconstructed.
But you cannot expect 150 years of neglect and oppression to be cured in five.
Remember, this is a state that has lived through forty plus years of hellish oppression.
But then, after nine years of oppression, the Katiskas became a free village.