I'm Asian, so they assumed I'm not an American and that I come from Japan. Restaurants would refuse to serve me, and places would refuse to give you a haircut. Fred Korematsu More Quotes by Fred Korematsu More Quotes From Fred Korematsu No one should ever be locked away simply because they share the same race, ethnicity, or religion as a spy or terrorist. If that principle was not learned from the internment of Japanese Americans, then these are very dangerous times for our democracy. Fred Korematsu ethnicityracereligion If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up Fred Korematsu speakifsfeelings As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without trial or hearing. I would like to see the government admit they were wrong and do something about it, so this will never happen again to any American citizen of any race, creed, or color. Fred Korematsu governmentcolorrace It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it. Fred Korematsu take-timesticksmay I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional. Fred Korematsu unconstitutionalmilitary I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do. Fred Korematsu just-living-lifeliving-my-lifewanted One person can make a difference, even if it takes forty years. Fred Korematsu make-a-differencepersondifference Every day in school, we said the pledge to the flag, 'with liberty and justice for all,' and I believed all that. Fred Korematsu every-daydayjusticeschool I was an American citizen, and I had as many rights as anyone else. Fred Korematsu citizenamericanmanyrights Before the war, my parents were very proud people. They'd always talk about Japan and also about the samurai and things like that. Right after Pearl Harbor, they were just real quiet. They kept to themselves; they were afraid to talk about what could happen. I assume they knew that nothing good would come out of it. Fred Korematsu parentsgoodwarpeople I don't even know how it is to have a home. I feel like an orphan or something. Fred Korematsu somethingfeelknowhome As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without a trial or a hearing. Fred Korematsu americanwithoutprisonlong As a citizen of the United States, I am ready, willing, and able to bear arms for this country. Fred Korematsu beari-amreadycountry All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker. Fred Korematsu becausethoughtmetime I didn't think that the government would go as far as to include American citizens to be interned without a hearing. Fred Korematsu americangothinkgovernment If anyone should do any pardoning. I should be the one pardoning the government for what they did to the Japanese-American people. Fred Korematsu didanygovernmentpeople I still remember, 40 years ago, when I was shackled and put in prison... Being an American citizen didn't mean a thing. Fred Korematsu americanbeingprisonremember I lost everything when they put us in prison. I was an enemy alien, a man without a country. Fred Korematsu manprisoncountryenemy I was very upset because I did not have a fair trial to prove my loyalty to this country. Fred Korematsu upsetproveloyaltycountry I was really upset because I was branded as an enemy alien when I'm an American. Fred Korematsu alienamericanupsetenemy
