This speech was broadcast
by legendary ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey on April 3, 1965:
If I were the Devil . . . I mean,
if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole
earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of
its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on
the tree, so I should set about however necessary to take over the United
States. I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent,
I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do as you please.” “Do as you
please.” To the young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.” I would convince
them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that
what is bad is good, and what is good is “square”. In the ears of the young
marrieds, I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail parties are good
for you. I would caution them not to be extreme in religion, in patriotism, in
moral conduct. And the old, I would teach to pray. I would teach them to say
after me: “Our Father, which art in Washington” . . .
If I were the devil, I’d educate
authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would
appear dull an uninteresting. I’d threaten T.V. with dirtier movies and vice
versa. And then, if I were the devil, I’d get organized. I’d infiltrate unions
and urge more loafing and less work, because idle hands usually work for me.
I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen
of distinction. And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills. If I were the devil, I
would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline
emotions . . . let those run wild. I would designate an atheist to front for me
before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to say “she’s
right.” With flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule
what I construe as against God and in favor of pornography, and thus, I would
evict God from the courthouse, and then from the school house, and then from
the houses of Congress and then, in His own churches I would substitute
psychology for religion, and I would deify science because that way men would
become smart enough to create super weapons but not wise enough to control
them.
If I were Satan, I’d make the
symbol of Easter an egg, and the symbol of Christmas, a bottle. If I were the
devil, I would take from those who have and I would give to those who wanted,
until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And then, my police state
would force everybody back to work. Then, I could separate families, putting
children in uniform, women in coal mines, and objectors in slave camps. In
other words, if I were Satan, I’d just keep on doing what he’s doing.
Paul Harvey, Good Day.
“Devil’s Night”
cji
10/31/12
Some lighting torches to
burn
others seeking to scare
or alarm
luring police or
firefighters to gin
trading away any show of
good
showering with horror’s
screams
sending children in
costumes
pretending that it’s
Halloween
another names for
devil’s night;
Worshipping money and
greed
extending time to make
it dark
endangering the ride to
work
to sell more candy and
junk
enticing all and just in
fun
mocking the righteous
truth
doing what the devil
would do!
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