Will Smith as Ali in the 2001 film, refuses defiantly to be drafted to the war in Vietnam.
I’m staying here. Ain’t running to Canada or burning no flag, and I ain’t dodgin the draft. You go right ahead and send me to jail, won’t be no different. Been in jail 400 years and could be there hundreds more, but I ain’t goin’ 10 miles to murder other poor people. I can die right here fightn’ you. You oppose when I want to be free. You not Japanese, Vietcong, or Chinese. When I want justice, I fight you. You won’t stand up for my rights right here in America. You won’t fight for my beliefs right here at home, and you want me to go somewhere and fight for you?
