Ekai Korematsu Quotes

#1. All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker. #Quote by Fred Korematsu

#2. Activist Supreme Courts are not new. The Dred Scott decision in 1856, imposing slavery in free territories; the Plessy decision in 1896, imposing segregation on a private railroad company; the Korematsu decision in 1944, upholding Franklin Roosevelt's internment of American citizens, mostly Japanese Americans; and the Roe decision in 1973, imposing abortion on the entire nation; are examples of the consequences of activist Courts and justices. #Quote by Mark Levin

#3. I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional. #Quote by Fred Korematsu

#4. If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up. #Quote by Fred Korematsu

#5. neither the NAACP nor any other predominantly African American organization filed an amicus brief challenging Japanese internment in the World War II case of Korematsu v. United States. #Quote by Richard Delgado

#6. 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 was not learned from the internment of Japanese Americans, then these are very dangerous times for our democracy. #Quote by Fred Korematsu

#7. I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do. #Quote by Fred Korematsu