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TOAST AT INDIAN STATE DINNER Mr. President, I thank you for your generous and gracious words. 1. It was appropriate that you spoke of peace, of progress and cooperation. (1) As you noted, this journey I am now on is "a journey in quest of peace. " This afternoon I had the privilege of laying a wreath on the memorial to a great man of peace -- one of the truly great men of all time and of all nations. 1. It was a great honor for me to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi in this, his centennial year -- and in responding to your remarks, Mr. President, I find myself reflecting on the lessons-of Gandhi. (1) Gandhi's life was inspired by truths which know no boundary of space or time, for they are eternal. (2) There is a greatness which transcends the ordinary meaning of that word, a greatness at once mysterious and self-evident, a greatness beyond the trappings of power, beyond the opinions of men, a greatness of the spirit 1. Such a greatness was his.