>If I were the Devil, 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 want it until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious.
>And wouldn’t you bet I couldn’t get whole states to promote gambling as the way to get rich.
>I would caution against extremes and hard work and patriotism and moral conduct. I would convince the young that marriage is old-fashioned, that swinging is more fun, that what you see on TV is the way to be. And thus I could undress you in public and I could lure you into bed with diseases for which there is no cure.
>In other words, if I were the Devil, I’d just keep right on doing what he’s doing.
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>That's the transcript of Paul Harvey’s “If I were the Devil” speech, broadcast on April 3, 1965.
very early/prophetic description of HIV ?
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