The Principled Politician Summary

The Principled Politician mainly focuses on former Government Ralph L. Carr and the intense battle against Japanese American Internment. As a Governor, Carr believed in a few principles that helped him stand out from other governors. According to Adam Schrager, the author of the book, “Carr believed it essential to continue his fight for the principles of the Constitution.” Even with the dark, unfriendly climate happening around. If freedom were to possibly be flourished abroad, America’s democracy most definitely had to be reinforced at home. This is another principle Carr would place confidence on. He mainly focused on the rights of the individual during the last couple months of 1941. Carr said at a community college during a dedication, “I maintain that so long as there persists in this world a nation made up of 130 million thinking human beings, where men have the right to gather in public assembly, to voice their individual …show more content…
He knew that among them, there was a loyal, purposeful, and trustworthy generation of Japanese communities born in America. The author briefly explained all the effort and hardship the former Colorado Governor put into opening the doors to ancestry from Japan, in contrast to other states that wanted nothing to do with them. For example, Carr was furious after receiving the telegram giving orders to remove anyone of Japanese background that he said, “I’m not going to do it. They’re citizens of the United States.” As a matter of fact, he mentioned to the staff in his office that among the Japanese, there was some good people very much like there was in every race of people. As a Governor, Carr was absolutely affective in terms of the “fight against Japanese American internment.” To repeat, at the end of the war, he was significally thanked for by many