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Helen Zille Quotes

born 1951 South Africa

Otta Helene Maree, known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician. She has served as the Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance since 20 October 2019.

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Liberals make space for people with opposing views. I believe in the falsification principle — one must always look for reasons why one may be wrong rather.

It was an unusual background and I often felt a cultural clash between my school and home environments.

Today this kind of analysis is entirely obsolete, but at the time it was taken as self-evident by many activists. This kind of ideology does not respect alternative views or allow an open society.

Education takes the most extraordinary amount of discipline, effort and hard work. Reward is always related to this. Time management, beginning with arriving on time for lessons, is essential, but it is a very hard thing to learn.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Helen Zille (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.