An Indian lawmaker, Nirmal Deshpande, gave the US president perhaps the least expensive present of his time in office: The yellow linen scroll with Gandhi’s warnings, with an estimated worth of seven dollars — or one per sin.
They are “politics without principle,” “wealth without work,” “pleasure without conscience,” “knowledge without character,” “commerce without morality,” “science without humanity,” and “worship without sacrifice.”
‘Social Sins,’ binoculars, Mozart collection among Bush gifts (AFP)
The big givers? Thailand, Kazakhstan, and Saudi Arabia.
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