Author: Fred Korematsu

Quotes

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

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

- Fred Korematsu

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.

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.

- Fred Korematsu

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

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

- 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.

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

It takes a lot of money to hire an attorney.

It takes a lot of money to hire an attorney.

- Fred Korematsu

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

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

- Fred Korematsu

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

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

- Fred Korematsu

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

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

- Fred Korematsu

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