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Frederick Douglass: “No man can serve two masters in politics any more than in religion.”

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No man can serve two masters in politics any more than in religion.
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Frederick Douglass

Editor's note · Context

He draws a parallel between political and religious loyalty, emphasizing the impossibility of serving two masters.

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