Helen Suzman
Helen Suzman
Helen Suzman, DBEwas a liberal South African anti-apartheid activist and politician...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 November 1917
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My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me throughout my career.
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It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.
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The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.
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It is not my questions that embarrass South Africa – it is your answers.
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I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches.
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I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.
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That's my life in there. It would never be possible today to ask as many questions as I did.
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When you teach, you learn.
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I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that.
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All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis.