Otto Hermann Kahn
Otto Hermann Kahn
Otto Hermann Kahnwas a German-born investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth21 February 1867
CountryGermany
brother freedom past
As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish hands of fanatics has once more, as frequently in the past, proved the effective helpmate of autocracy and the twin-brother of tyranny.
self law liberty
The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Liberty is not foolproof. For its beneficent working it demands self-restraint, a sane and clear recognition of the practical and attainable, and of the fact that there are laws of nature which are beyond our power to change.
house liberty autocracy
As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends.