I didn’t think that the government would go as far as to include American citizens to be interned without a hearing. – Fred Korematsu
As a citizen of the United States, I am ready, willing, and able to bear arms for this country. – 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 was very upset because I did not have a fair trial to prove my loyalty to this country. – Fred Korematsu
All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker. – Fred Korematsu
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
I lost everything when they put us in prison. I was an enemy alien, a man without a country. – Fred Korematsu
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
Every day in school, we said the pledge to the flag, ‘with liberty and justice for all,’ and I believed all that. – Fred Korematsu