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Amelie 2021-12-10 08:01:45

"I ain't draft dodging.I ain't burning no flag. I ain't running to Canada. I'm staying right here. You want to send me to jail? Fine, you go right ahead. I've been in jail for 400 years. I could be there for 4 or 5 more, but I ain't going no 10,000 miles to help murder and kill other poor people. If I want to die, I'll die right here, right now, fightin' you, if I want to die. You my enemy, not no Chinese, no Vietcong, no Japanese. You my opposer when I want freedom. You my opposer when I want justice. You my opposer when I want equality. Want me to go somewhere and fight for you? You won't even stand up for me right here in America, for my rights and my religious beliefs. You won't even stand up for my right here at home. ”

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Ali quotes

  • Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr.: [to Ali] I need to talk to you!

    Muhammad Ali: You can stay, Brother Herbert.

    Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr.: Brother? He ain't your brother! Your brother's taking your wife back to Chicago! She crying like a widow!

    Muhammad Ali: Yeah, well I ain't dead!

    Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr.: Well you may as well be! You don't remember your name or who you are!

  • Muhammad Ali: Sonny Liston, you ain't no champ! You a chump! "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!" Ahhh! "Rumble em', young man, rumble em'!"