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Otto Hermann Kahn
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“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 (1867–1934) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address given at the University of Wisconsin, January 14, 1918. Extracts printed in Right Above Race (New York: The Century Co, 1918) p. 135
“I must atone for my wealth. I will reward the country of my adoption for the great benefits I have gathered.”
Otto Hermann Kahn (1867–1934) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Anonymous, The Mirrors of Wall Street (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933) p. 170 [Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1971]