The Devil Said, "Amen!"

"My son," said an old, dead-head church-member, "be sure to favor every enterprise that is proposed. By this means you will gain the support of its friends. But, mark me, my son, be sure in every case to oppose the plan for carrying out the proposed enterprise. In that way you can gain the support of its enemies. Moreover, it will be for the comfort of your conscience that you favor all good enterprises; and it will be to the credit of your judgment that you object to all unwise plans. And mark this, my son, that nothing is easier than to find some objectionable point in any plan or method ever proposed by human beings. It is a fortunate thing, my son, that we can thus always keep ourselves in the right, while, at the same time, we can keep free from complications, and legitimately excuse ourselves from all troublesome tasks, and also keep our pockets from leaking." Thus he said, and the devil said, "Amen."