American Quote by 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

My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our…

— Barack Obama

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

— Fred Korematsu

The U.S. government does not recognize the existence of political prisoners in our country. The identity of political prisoners is concealed and, consequently, their…

— Susan Rosenberg

I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment.

— Werner Herzog

I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial even with Americans as jurors,

— Zacarias Moussaoui

The sole relief I am asking for is to be released from military prison after serving six years of confinement as a person who…

— Chelsea Manning

Prisoners, according to the law, who are non-U.S. citizens and are detained outside the U.S. - including in Guantanamo Bay - are denied 'habeas…

— Noah Feldman

I still remember, 40 years ago, when I was shackled and put in prison... Being an American citizen didn't mean a thing.

— Fred Korematsu

I should be very sorry to see the United States holding anyone in confinement on account of any opinion that that person might hold.…

— Calvin Coolidge

It's not as if I've ever been to prison or been close to going to prison. The closest I've got is knowing people who…

— Michael Portillo

[Barack] Obama believes you can hold enemy combatants, unlawful enemy combatants at Gitmo without a criminal trial because this is law of war detention.

— Chris Matthews