Alien Quote by Fred Korematsu

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

Fred Korematsu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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One person can make a difference, even if it takes forty years.

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“He hoped Larsst might jump at the chance to top up the reptilians' winter supply of human organs early.”

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If I speak my version of Spanish in Spain, they laugh. Same with Mexico. It's an alien world to me.

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I'd like to play an alien, like from 'Starman' or 'K-PAX,' where it's human. I think I'm destined to play an alien.

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