29 ordspråk av Stuart Eizenstat
Stuart Eizenstat
The Russia delegation, in effect, opened a new chapter in restitution. I am confident that some of the greatest collections in the world will be returned to their rightful owners and a vast storehouse of information about other works will open up.
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There is great concern because the survivors are passing away at a rate of 1 percent a month and we all feel a sense of urgency,
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They want all cases dismissed -- state and federal cases -- and that will take time,
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This agreement does not end moral responsibility for the Holocaust. Nothing can erase the memory of those who died or the culture and potential achievements lost or the suffering of those who survived.
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This is a major achievement which will reverberate through our museums, galleries, auction houses and in the homes and hearts of those families who may now have the chance to have returned what is rightfully theirs.
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This legislation would deprive the U.S. of a source of leverage, such as was used to gain the release of our citizens held hostage in Iran,
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This was an effort in progress for months before the Bank of New York hit the news, ... This is a much broader issue than Russia.
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We are closer to an agreement than we were before and both sides have shown flexibility, ... critical stage.
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We have in our negotiations today achieved a breakthrough which we hope will lead to meaningful reform in these discriminatory practices,
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We leveraged our relationship with private banks and reached out to Internet service providers to create a low-cost Web site that will enable users to register once and subsequently transact with the government,
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We leveraged our relationship with private banks and reached out to Internet service providers to create a low-cost Web site that will enable users to register once and subsequently transact with the government.
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We must be frank. It was American lawyers and the lawsuits they brought in U.S. courts who placed the long-forgotten wrongs by German companies during the Nazi era on the international agenda.
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What they want is a substantial degree of comfort, ... We're working on trying to provide a necessary degree of comfort.
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While most countries in the region recognize their obligation to return confiscated property, there remains in some countries a lukewarm commitment to completing quickly the work at hand,
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