August Heckscher II Quotes

August Heckscher II was an American public intellectual and author whose work explored the American liberalism of political leaders including Woodrow Wilson. Wikipedia

✵ 16. September 1913 – 5. April 1997

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August Heckscher II Quotes

“Eternal vigilance is the condition, not only of liberty, but of everything which as civilized men we hold dear.”

August Heckscher II

Address, Kenyon College (April 4, 1957)

Men

“In one sense freedom is always in crisis, just as beauty is, and honor and truth-all those things which man has made for himself as a garment against the ever-present blasts of the barbarian spirit”

August Heckscher II

Address, Kenyon College (April 4, 1957)

Truth , Beauty , Sense , Freedom

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