Stuart Eizenstat Quotations

Swiss banks have taken a number of steps to redress past mistakes and provide assistance to Holocaust survivors.

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.

has the potential to rank ... as a landmark event.

As painful as it may sometimes be, we must not sweep these issues under the rug of embarrassment, silence and indifference,

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.

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.

We are closer to an agreement than we were before and both sides have shown flexibility, ... critical stage.

It would create a winner-take-all race to the courthouse,

From now on, the sale, purchase, exchange and display of art from this period will be addressed with greater sensitivity and a higher international standard of responsibility,

In many cases well past the point where, from the Allied perspective at the time, there was a genuine threat of German attack,