Muhammad Ali Quotes About Justice

Quotes about: Justice

• I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.

  Muhammad Ali

  Freedom, Humorous, Equality

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jul 26, 2012

• Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does.

  Muhammad Ali

  Justice, Diversity, Understanding

• I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know.

  Muhammad Ali

  Justice, Diversity, Trying

• The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.… If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.

  Muhammad Ali

  Real, War, Fighting

  "The hidden history of Muhammad Ali" by David Zirin, www.isreview.org. January 2004.

• Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspiration, Dark, Justice

  Twitter post from Dec 01, 2010

• I strongly object to the fact that so many newspapers have given the American public and the world the impression that I have only two alternatives in taking this stand: either I go to jail or go to the Army. There is another alternative and that alternative is justice. If justice prevails, if my Constitutional rights are upheld, I will be forced to go neither to the Army nor jail. In the end I am confident that justice will come my way for the truth must eventually prevail.

  Muhammad Ali

  Army, Rights, Two

  Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

• So now I'm going to forget the 400 years of lynching and killing raping and depriving my people feeding of justice and equality and the lowest of low last respect and I'm going to look at two or three white people who are trying to do right and don't see the other million who are trying to kill me? I'm not that big of a fool.

  Muhammad Ali

  Two, White, Lynching

  "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

• Black people we've been taught that we will never be free, until some will have to die, some will have to give up wealth, their loved ones, and their health, So, what I'm doin' is for myself and for justice for black people, runnin' will kill it all, it'll make me a coward.

  Muhammad Ali

  Giving Up, People, Justice

  Source: thefederalist.com

• Black people ALL are fightin' you all for freedom, justice and equality. One believes that intermarriage is gonna solve it, and 200 years from now we all will be a beautiful cream color. He really believes it. One believe that gittin' some rifles and shootin' up the country is gonna solve it, another believes that education. One day we'll be the president. One believe that we gotta git into the white man's pockets and get all the money.

  Muhammad Ali

  Beautiful, Country, Believe

  Source: thefederalist.com

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