"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (b. 1882-01-30, d. 1945-04-12; President of the United States 1933-03-04 to 1945-04-12), Greeting to the American Committee for Protection of Foreign-born, 1940-01-09
[Yes, ironic in light of the internment camps in the 1940s. I think he's as right here as he is wrong there.]