Stuart Eizenstat
Stuart Eizenstat
Stuart Eizenstatis an American diplomat and attorney. He served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 1993 to 1996 and as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001. He currently serves as a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Covington & Burling and as a senior strategist at APCO Worldwide...
issues painful rug silence sweep
As painful as it may sometimes be, we must not sweep these issues under the rug of embarrassment, silence and indifference,
create race
It would create a winner-take-all race to the courthouse,
chapter confident greatest information opened owners returned russia vast works
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.
cases dismissed federal state
They want all cases dismissed -- state and federal cases -- and that will take time,
agreement culture died erase lost memory moral potential responsibility suffering
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.
achievement auction chance families hearts homes houses major returned rightfully
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.
time
It's better to take a little more time and do it right,