Helen Suzman
Helen Suzman
Helen Suzman, DBEwas a liberal South African anti-apartheid activist and politician...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 November 1917
years law people
The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before young people are properly qualified.
country party boss
Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country.
home government years
Perhaps the one comforting thought I got out of this whole disgusting affair was that over the years when the government was tapping my telephone, it must certainly have heard some home truths from me about themselves, often couched in good Anglo-Saxon terms.
important principles kind
When you teach, you learn." "And I really don't go for religions of any kind. ...I reject them all....There were principles I thought were very important....
years careers numbers
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.
embarrassing-questions answers embarrassing
It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.
moderation extremist moderates
The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.
answers south-africa south
It is not my questions that embarrass South Africa – it is your answers.
littles receiving nasty
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.
fighting opportunity simple
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.