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Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II QUOTES

Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II QUOTES

1 " There is nothing wrong with the Constitution. . . . If the promised protections did not materialize, it is because those entrusted to uphold it have failed to uphold it. Ultimately, the buck stops here, with me, with us, the citizens. . . . It is up to us. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

2 " George Orwell wrote, “Political language—and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

3 " Then in 1883 a major drought seared the landscape and wiped out millions of yen worth of rice and other crops, only to be followed in 1884 by a major storm that caused widespread flooding and destroyed still more crops. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

4 " ...an evil given face and form by soulless men who wielded racial hatred, demagoguery, blind nationalism, and brute violence as the means by which to seize and hold power. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

5 " Please remember that whatever you do or wherever you are, we are with you—and hope for the day when we can all be together again in peace. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

6 " But by the end of their lives almost all of them—whether they fought in courtrooms or in foxholes—would be counted American heroes. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

7 " otonashi, the necessity of keeping one’s place, remaining quiet, avoiding the appearance of knowing too much or voicing too many opinions. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

8 " Most of them had lived lawfully in the United States for decades, though by law they were not allowed to naturalize as citizens. Their second-generation, American-born children—the Nisei—were American citizens and theoretically protected by the Constitution from unwarranted arrest, though that protection would soon turn out to be illusory. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

9 " The Tokiwa family did not own the land they farmed. Japanese immigrants were prohibited from owning any sort of land by virtue of a set of anti-Asian laws that had roots reaching back to the arrival of Chinese laborers in California during the gold rush of 1849. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

10 " gaman—enduring the seemingly unendurable quietly and with patience—and about the spirit of Yamato damashii, the virtue of sticking together no matter what, fighting for your group rather than for yourself. They "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

11 " Renouncing loyalty to Japan would terminate their Japanese citizenship at a time when they were not allowed to become American citizens. That would leave them entirely stateless, with no citizenship at all. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

12 " The Miho brothers looked at each other, uncertain what to do. Kats asked a white officer which facility they should use. "

― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

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― Daniel James Brown , Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II