Muhammad Ali Quotes
As soon as I heard the truth that Elijah Muhammad teaches us in America, it made me accept it.
Ali, Muhammad, and Richard Durham. The Greatest: My Own Story. Random House, 1975, p. 118.
The Barbary Pirates of Algiers, led and controlled by the Bey or Dey (king) had an incredible extortion racket going in the Mediterranean. If nations would pay them an annual sum each year, they would not attack and seize merchant ships of that country and sell the ships and goods while holding the sailors for ransom. The only thing that the Algerians seemed to be interested in was money and religion.
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as the most significant and celebrated sporting figure of the 20th century, frequently ranked as the best heavyweight boxer and greatest athlete of the century.