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16 quotes by Helen Suzman

Part of a series on Apartheid Events Projects 1948 general election Coloured-vote constitutional crisis Treason Trial Sharpeville massacre Rivonia Trial Soweto uprising Church Street bombing Trojan Horse Incident Khotso House bombing Cape Town peace march CODESA Assassination of Chris Hani Saint James Church massacre Shell House massacre Organisations ANC APLA IFP AWB Black Sash CCB Conservative Party DP ECC FOSATU PP RP PFP HNP MK PAC UDF...
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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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The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before young... →

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

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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... →

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

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

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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... →

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

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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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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... →

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

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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.

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

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