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 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.

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

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

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

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....

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.

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

When you teach, you learn.

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