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Lyndon Johnson: “And now tonight Prime Minister Gandhi comes to this house and to this table, the custodian of her nation's hope, and the…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1966
And now tonight Prime Minister Gandhi comes to this house and to this table, the custodian of her nation's hope, and the steward of her nation's dreams.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and Prime Minister Gandhi of India

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