Do Unto others before they can do unto you

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James Michael Curley in 1949, in his last term as mayor of “The Hub.’’

“Politics and holiness are not always synonymous. There are times…when, if you wish to win an election, you must first do unto others as they wish to do unto you, but you must do it first.’’

— James Michael Curley (1874-1958) served four terms as Boston famously entertaining and sometimes corrupt mayor. He also served a single term as Massachusets governor and two terms as a congressman.

Edwin O’Connor based the protagonist of his 1956 novel The Last Hurrah on Curley. The movie came out in 1958.

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