"[Her] spirit touched those she encountered as much as her vigor and clear unambiguous sense of right and wrong inspired them."
Helen Suzman Foundation's statement on the announcement of her death, as quoted in "Suzman mourned, celebrated", Mail and Guardian, 1 January 2009.
"[She] shone the bright light of truth in every nook and cranny of our beloved country's tortured past with commitment and fortitude ... Helen Suzman will be mourned and missed, but the values she held dear throughout her life are universal and will inspire many South Africans young and old to remember her and fight to keep those very values burning brightly in the beloved country for which she too fought bravely."
Helen Suzman Foundation's statement on the announcement of her death, as quoted in "Suzman mourned, celebrated", Mail and Guardian, 1 January 2009.
"No doubt, those of us who spent years of imprisonment on Robben Island will always remember with gratitude Helen's dispersed visits to the island to inspect the conditions under which we were kept ... She would then return as a lone voice to expose the apartheid regime's inhuman treatment of political prisoners."
Congress of the People head Mosiuoa Lekota, as quoted in "Suzman mourned, celebrated", Mail and Guardian, 1 January 2009.
"Suzman used Parliament to fight injustices in South Africa. She became a thorn in the flesh of apartheid by openly criticizing segregation of blacks by a whites-only apartheid system ... Her frequent visits to jailed former ANC leader Nelson Mandela and speaking out against forced removals at Crossroads in the Western Cape and other injustices by then minority white regime, speaks volumes about this stalwart."
African National Congress spokesperson Brian Sokutu, as quoted in "Suzman mourned, celebrated", Mail and Guardian, 1 January 2009.
"Helen Suzman had the brains and dignity to stick to her weapons and their target; her impeccably informed gift of debate hit the bull's eye of apartheid laws."
South African novelist Nadine Gordimer, quoted in "'Remarkable' Helen Suzman dies at 91", Mail and Guardian, 1 January 2009.
"Her clarity of vision, her courage and her firmness of purpose stand as beacons to those of us who seek to take that process further."
South Africa's Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille, quoted in "'Remarkable' Helen Suzman dies at 91", Mail and Guardian, 1 January 2009.
"It was an odd and wonderful sight to see this courageous woman peering into our cells and strolling around our courtyard. She was the first and only woman ever to grace our cells."
Nelson Mandela writing about Helen Suzman, from his autobiography A Long Walk to Freedom, 1995.
