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Top 15 Helen Suzman Quotes (2025 Update)

Helen Suzman Quote: “When you teach, you learn.”

1. “When you teach, you learn.”

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society – and well worth fighting for.”

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

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “It is not my questions that embarrass South Africa – it is your answers.”

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

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “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.”

4. “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

Helen Suzman Quote: “I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.”

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

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis.”

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

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “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.”

7. “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.”

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “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.”

8. “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

Helen Suzman Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.”

10. “It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.”

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa.”

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

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “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.”

13. “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

Helen Suzman Quote: “The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.”

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

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the future.”

15. “It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the future.”

— Helen Suzman

Helen Suzman Quote: “Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.”

16. “Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.”

— Helen Suzman

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