Eric Lewis Quotes

You can't make an unconditional promise and then simply renege because you find it politically more convenient to do so. - Eric Lewis

We're still here. We're going to be here for a very long time. - Eric Lewis

We went out and it seemed like they were coming toward us. We got them some bread and they walked right over. - Eric Lewis

Torture is not American, it's un-American; arbitrary detention is un-American and what these young men have suffered and continue to suffer is something for which we, the American justice system, need to hold these people accountable. - Eric Lewis

There is no evidence to show, and it is not credible to argue, that Mr. Sevan, who spent forty years with the U.N. and ran a $64 billion program, would jeopardize his career for $160,000, trust a person he had never met (Abdelnour) to carry out the scheme and report the proceeds on his U.N. financial disclosure forms. - Eric Lewis

The IIC wants cartoon villains, not the truth. Mr. Sevan has now reached a point in his dealings with the IIC where he questions the Committee's commitment to objective and evenhanded fact-finding and doubts he can receive a fair hearing in this forum. - Eric Lewis

The fact is, the committee's allegations are baseless -- Mr. Sevan never took a penny, as he has said from the beginning. The IIC is and, since the beginning of its efforts, has been on a mission to scapegoat Mr. Sevan in a misguided attempt to spare the United Nations criticism and deflect attention away from the conduct of others. - Eric Lewis

The charge is categorically untrue and no evidence has been adduced to substantiate it. - Eric Lewis

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