Fred Korematsu

I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional. ”

My folks were so worried about what they were going to do. All they can take was what they could carry with their hands. What they had for twenty-five years of building their business was going to go out the door, or they're going to lose it. ”

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. ”

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

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

It takes a lot of money to hire an attorney. ”

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

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

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

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. ”