“It is a fact that we [i.e., the Armenian citizens] are neither happy nor good. All the prerequisites exist to carry out a revolution in our country; there are bad-tempered people. The authorities have no desire and willingness to listen to their own people, and this makes the people even more bad-tempered.
“At the same time, however, many have started to realize that life is not what was given to us. But the genetic national patience and the civic duty and motivation to good living battle within the Armenian citizen today.
“Therefore the Armenian citizen is in internal revolutionary processes today, which means that the