The four-level building, which is full of natural light, defies the stereotypes of loudness and largeness, mini-malls and maxi-towers that have dogged Texas for a century.

ECONOMIST: Museum architecture

It was a basic humanity and a largeness of vision that Inouye extended to individuals from all backgrounds, born not only out of his experiences seeing his own people -- Japanese-Americans -- vilified and interned during World War II (Inouye himself signed up as soon as the U.S. government lifted its ban on American-born Japanese enlistments), but from his own crucibles in the war.

CNN: Inouye: Man of courage, humanity, dignity