Japanese Americans Quotes
- February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment… — Xavier Becerra
- My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize — Michael M. Honda
- 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… — Fred Korematsu
- I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties… — Daniel Inouye
- The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans on the West… — Helen Thomas
- The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear… — Michael Ignatieff