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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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