The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think , and to speak.

Frederick Douglass
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At a young age, Nelson Mandela said that he wanted a future with hope in it. He wanted to be free from all of the restrictions of the past and the present. After being imprisoned for almost 27 years, Nelson Mandela was released from prison and became South Africas first black president.

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