Feel Quotes by Fred Korematsu

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

— Fred Korematsu

As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without trial or hearing.…

— Fred Korematsu

No one should ever be locked away simply because they share the same race, ethnicity, or religion as a spy or terrorist. If that…

— Fred Korematsu

If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up

— Fred Korematsu

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

— Fred Korematsu

I lost everything when they put us in prison. I was an enemy alien, a man without a country.

— Fred Korematsu

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

— Fred Korematsu

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

— Fred Korematsu

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

— Fred Korematsu

I was really upset because I was branded as an enemy alien when I'm an American.

— Fred Korematsu

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

— Fred Korematsu

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

— Fred Korematsu