I will not say that blade is black, nor yet that white is white; for
rash assertions oft come back, and put us in a plight. Some people
hold that black is white, and some that white is black; to me the
neutral course looks right; I take the middle track. If I should say
that black is white, and white is black, today, some one would mix the
two tonight--tomorrow they'd be gray. In politics I wish to thrive,
and swiftly forge ahead, so dare not say that I'm alive, nor swear that
I am dead. You say that fishes climb the trees, that cows on wings do
fly, I can't dispute such facts as these, so patent to the eye; with
any man I will agree, no odds what he defends, if he will only vote for
me, and boom me to his friends.