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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

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I Strongly Object To

Muhammad Ali

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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.

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