Muhammad Ali Quotes
Will be a divine fight, a holy war...Armageddon on a miniature scale.
Hauser, Thomas. Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Prior to whites settling in America, various Indian tribes had a long history of fierce fighting for control of Kentucky. The Transylvania Land company negotiated for the “rights” to Kentucky. Dragging Canoe, who opposed the treaty, argued that the land had a bad history and would be very difficult to settle. Poet Theodore O’Hara described Kentuckians as “Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground” in his poem, The Bivouac of the Dead.
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.