When radio legend Paul Harvey delivered his broadcast “If I Were the Devil” in 1965, most listeners heard it as thought-provoking commentary. Nearly six decades later, it sounds eerily like a prophecy fulfilled.
In his calm yet commanding voice, Harvey didn’t describe a world destroyed by war or violence — but one quietly undone by temptation, distraction, and moral decay. His message wasn’t about chaos from the outside, but corruption from within.
“If I were the Devil,” he said,
“I would whisper: Do as you please.
I’d tell the young that the Bible is a myth,
convince them that man created God instead of the other way around.
I’d remove God from the courthouse, the schoolhouse — even the church.
I’d peddle drugs and alcohol freely.
I’d distract families, divide them, weaken their resolve.
I’d teach people to pray, not to God — but to government.
I’d replace wisdom with pleasure, truth with opinion — and call it freedom.
And I’d keep doing it… until the world slipped quietly into my hands.”
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