Diane Francis: Why Ukraine’s gutsy, bright, and articulate reformers are optimistic

"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. . . . We must have patience till luck turns," Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1798. Jefferson wrote this observation to a friend thirteen years after the Revolutionary War ended and twenty-five years after the Boston Tea Party. Revolutions require courage and sacrifice. Post-revolutionary transitions require patience and luck.