But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
Most “necessary evils” are far more evil than necessary.
Not all evils can be rectified, but ongoing evils surely should stop.
Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.
Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.