Best quotes by Fred Korematsu on American

Checkout quotes by Fred Korematsu on American

  • I was really upset because I was branded as an enemy alien when I'm an American.
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  • I was an American citizen, and I had as many rights as anyone else.
    - Fred Korematsu
  • 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
  • I didn't think that the government would go as far as to include American citizens to be interned without a hearing.
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  • 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
  • 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
  • That was it - I lost my job... I was very discouraged. I wanted to be in defense work... I'm an American, and I have nothin' to do with Japan, and so it's sort of an insult to me.
    - Fred Korematsu