Fred Korematsu
Fred Korematsu
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsuwas one of the many Japanese-American citizens living on the West Coast of the United States at the onset of World War II. Shortly after the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the Secretary of War and his military commanders to remove all individuals of Japanese ancestry from designated "military areas" and place them in internment camps in what is known as the Japanese American internment. When such orders...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth30 January 1919
CountryUnited States of America
Fred Korematsu quotes about
I'm an American and just as long as I'm in this country that I will keep on going and if there is a chance of reopening the case, I will do it.
No one should ever be locked away simply because they share the same race, ethnicity, or religion as a spy or terrorist. If that principle was not learned from the internment of Japanese Americans, then these are very dangerous times for our democracy.
As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without trial or hearing. I would like to see the government admit they were wrong and do something about it, so this will never happen again to any American citizen of any race, creed, or color.
I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional.
If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up
I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do.
It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it.
All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker.