29 Quotes by Fred Korematsu

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

During the curfew, whoever went out, the people were watching you. Any Japanese home, there was some person figuring he's a good American citizen by doing his duty, and they were watching every move each family were doin'. Or if they went out, they followed them to see where they were goin'.

It takes a lot of money to hire an attorney.

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

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.

I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.

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

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

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.