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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

When you teach, you learn.

We're deaf men working as musicians

I love that you love me.

Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.

Take pride in what you do & let the quality of your work be your signature

The slow rhythm of waiting.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

How can the Republicans get away with picking their Dennis Kucinich, but when - if the Democrats tried it, all hell would break lose?

Thinking is hard work, which is why so few people do it.

I would tend to say that I do what I do as well as possible and that most people don't.

I find a very guilty pleasure in dark themes and vibes, and finding where the transcending nature of awareness meets this darkness.