Fred Korematsu

I was really upset because I was branded as an enemy alien when I'm an American.

I didn't think that the government would go as far as to include American citizens to be interned without a hearing.

I was an American citizen, and I had as many rights as anyone else.

I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do.

All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker.

I was very upset because I did not have a fair trial to prove my loyalty to this country.

As a citizen of the United States, I am ready, willing, and able to bear arms for this country.

One person can make a difference, even if it takes forty years.

I lost everything when they put us in prison. I was an enemy alien, a man without a country.

I don't even know how it is to have a home. I feel like an orphan or something.

Every day in school, we said the pledge to the flag, 'with liberty and justice for all,' and I believed all that.

I still remember, 40 years ago, when I was shackled and put in prison... Being an American citizen didn't mean a thing.

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.

I was born in the U.S. This is my country.

I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional.

It takes a lot of money to hire an attorney.

If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up.

If anyone should do any pardoning. I should be the one pardoning the government for what they did to the Japanese-American people.

It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it.