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> [I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/i-used-to-be-a-fan-of-proportional-representation-but-i-am-not-at-all/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

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## More by Helen Suzman

> [That's my life in there. It would never be possible today to ask as many questions as I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/that-s-my-life-in-there-it-would-never-be-possible-today-to-ask-as/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [Tool of Communist agitators... it's really a joke, isn't it? Because, quite clearly, we are a party of real moderates. It just shows how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/tool-of-communist-agitators-it-s-really-a-joke-isn-t-it-because-quite/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/my-own-electorate-which-i-represented-for-36-years-as-an-anti/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/all-these-stories-are-grist-to-the-mill-of-the-government-because/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/sometimes-i-manage-to-get-conditions-alleviated-often-not/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/it-is-the-answers-not-the-questions-that-are-embarrassing/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [I don't think we will ever go the way of Zimbabwe, but people are concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/i-don-t-think-we-will-ever-go-the-way-of-zimbabwe-but-people-are/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [When you teach, you learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/when-you-teach-you-learn/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/debate-is-almost-non-existent-and-no-one-is-apparently-accountable-to/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [Perhaps the one comforting thought I got out of this whole disgusting affair was that over the years when the government was tapping my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/perhaps-the-one-comforting-thought-i-got-out-of-this-whole-disgusting/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [It is not my questions that embarrass South Africa – it is your answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/it-is-not-my-questions-that-embarrass-south-africa-it-is-your-answers/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/the-immediate-present-belongs-to-the-extremists-but-the-future/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/it-is-increasingly-hard-for-young-white-people-to-find-jobs-and-i-can/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/this-country-is-armed-to-the-teeth-and-none-of-these-african-states/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

> [For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-suzman/for-all-my-criticisms-of-the-current-system-it-doesn-t-mean-that-i/)

[Helen Suzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-suzman/)

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