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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.