Helen Suzman

That's my life in there. It would never be possible today to ask as many questions as I did.

— 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…

— 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…

— Helen Suzman

All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis.

— Helen Suzman

Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.

— Helen Suzman

It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.

— Helen Suzman

I don't think we will ever go the way of Zimbabwe, but people are concerned.

— Helen Suzman

When you teach, you learn.

— 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…

— Helen Suzman

Perhaps the one comforting thought I got out of this whole disgusting affair was that over the years when the government was…

— Helen Suzman

It is not my questions that embarrass South Africa – it is your answers.

— Helen Suzman

The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.

— Helen Suzman

It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the…

— Helen Suzman

This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa.

— Helen Suzman

For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one.

— Helen Suzman

I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature.…

— Helen Suzman

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting…

— Helen Suzman

[To the South African parliament:] I do not know why we equate - and with the examples before us - a white…

— Helen Suzman

I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic.

— Helen Suzman

I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force,…

— Helen Suzman

When you teach, you learn." "And I really don't go for religions of any kind. ...I reject them all....There were principles I…

— Helen Suzman

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.

— Helen Suzman

I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that's a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my…

— Helen Suzman

The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before…

— Helen Suzman