Otto Hermann Kahn Professions : Banker Born : February 21, 1867 Died : March 29, 1934 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Otto Hermann Kahn 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. Otto Hermann Kahn freedom brother past 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. Otto Hermann Kahn democracy self law The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Otto Hermann Kahn autocracy democracy liberty As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends. Otto Hermann Kahn autocracy liberty house The appeal all too often is to the gallery, hungry for sensation. Otto Hermann Kahn too often gallery hungry Similar Authors Amadeo Giannini banker Agha Hasan Abedi banker Douglas A. Warner III banker David Rockefeller banker Christine Jennings banker Emilio Botin banker All Authors