MS: Gordon Hirabayashi was a man of enormous energy, and he was, I think, fueled by his beliefs and by his real... it's hard to describe it because he was, to me, he's the only truly heroic person that I had ever known. Because he was so courageous, and he stood up to so much power, and his defiance of government actions that he thought were wrong. And I have enormous admiration for someone who can do that. And he did it and he was proud of it, and he was proud of it from the day that he did it until the day that he died. And you have to admire someone like that. And he was right, absolutely right.

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MS: Well, I think my theme is really what Gordon Hirabayashi taught me about courage. And I think I'm going to talk a little bit about my experiences with him and what it meant to my family to learn from me about what he went through and what he stood for. And I think I'm going to review the contributions that I think he has made in terms of being a standard bearer, a role model for all Americans, and really having the courage of their convictions.

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