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Helen Suzman

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


— Helen Suzman


#am #any #country #entirely #future

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.


— Helen Suzman


#am #creature #end #frail #get

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


— Helen Suzman


#democratic society #elements #equal #equal opportunity #fighting

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


— Helen Suzman


#embarrassing #questions

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


— Helen Suzman


#build #government #mill #psychosis #stories

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.


— Helen Suzman


#almost #anybody #apart #apparently #bad

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


— Helen Suzman


#current #i #like #mean #old

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.


— Helen Suzman


#anybody #backed #boycott #complete #does

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


— Helen Suzman


#ever #go #i #people #think

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 it is true.


— Helen Suzman


#country #enlightened #fine #fine thing #i






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Did you know about Helen Suzman?

She visited Nelson Mandela on numerous occasions while he was in prison and was present when he signed the new constitution in 1996. She studied as an economist and statistician at Witwatersrand University. At age 19 Helen Suzman married Dr Moses Suzman (died 1994) who was considerably older than Helen Suzman was; the couple had two daughters.

Helen Suzman DBE (7 November 1917 – 1 January 2009) was a liberal South African anti-apartheid activist and politician.

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