Robert Matsui Quotes

Robert Matsui — American Politician born on September 17, 1941, died on January 01, 2005

Robert Takeo Matsui was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California's 5th congressional district until his death midway through his 14th consecutive term. The Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse is named in his honor... (wikipedia)

I was six months old at the time that I was taken, with my mother and father, from Sacramento, California, and placed in internment camps in the United States.

I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time.

I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one.

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.

Hopefully as a country, that we learn from our mistakes of the past.