这是阿里拒绝参加越战时面对媒体说的一段话,真没想到一个打拳的粗人可以说出那么有骨气的话,能做出那么明智的决策~
“I ain't draft dodging(逃避兵役). 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. ”
李敖说过“一个人,他在军国主义下不阿附军阀,在法西斯主义下不苟同纳粹,在一党独大下不加入这个党,他在“先天”上,人格就高于阿附的、苟同的、入党的。这种人,即使沦落到去做下里巴人、去做下三烂、去做下水道的党外人士,他们的人格,都是高的。因为他们在“大德”上、大的行为上、大的轨迹上,是正确的、伟大的、令人佩服的。他们都是“大德不越闲,小德出入可也”的大人物。”
阿里虽然在很多小事上被人非议,比如他狂妄自大,辱骂对手,对婚姻的不负责任等。但他在大的轨迹上却是高人一等的,他我行我素敢作敢为,面对政府和舆论的压力从不屈服,面对白人的侮辱立马还以颜色,从不委曲求全,他拒服兵役,他关心同胞的苦难为他们争取平等自由,同时也为自己争取到了尊严。高人一等的人格是他的精神动力,也是他优于其他选手的主要因素,那些为金钱而战,为自己而战的小人物又怎么经得起阿里那背负使命的重拳呢?