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title: "3 Autocracy Quotes By Otto Hermann Kahn"
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> [The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Liberty is not foolproof. For its beneficent working it demands self-restraint,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-hermann-kahn/the-deadliest-foe-of-democracy-is-not-autocracy-but-liberty-frenzied/)

[Otto Hermann Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-hermann-kahn/as-so-often-before-liberty-has-been-wounded-in-the-house-of-its/)

[Otto Hermann Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-hermann-kahn/)

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> [The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-hermann-kahn/the-deadliest-foe-of-democracy-is-not-autocracy-but-liberty-frenzied-2/)

[Otto Hermann Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-hermann-kahn/)

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## More by Otto Hermann Kahn

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-hermann-kahn/the-deadliest-foe-of-democracy-is-not-autocracy-but-liberty-frenzied/)

[Otto Hermann Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-hermann-kahn/as-so-often-before-liberty-has-been-wounded-in-the-house-of-its/)

[Otto Hermann Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-hermann-kahn/)

> [The appeal all too often is to the gallery, hungry for sensation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-hermann-kahn/the-appeal-all-too-often-is-to-the-gallery-hungry-for-sensation/)

[Otto Hermann Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-hermann-kahn/)

> [The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-hermann-kahn/the-deadliest-foe-of-democracy-is-not-autocracy-but-liberty-frenzied-2/)

[Otto Hermann Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-hermann-kahn/)

> [As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-hermann-kahn/as-so-often-before-liberty-has-been-wounded-in-the-house-of-its-2/)

[Otto Hermann Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-hermann-kahn/)

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