““All that a man has in this world is his own will, the freedom to do what he desires. Taking away that is the greatest crime one can inflict upon another. Murder - it is terrible. But it is over in an instant and the dead never can truly understand what has happened to them. They are simply gone. But slavery - day after day, year after year shackled to the whims of another - it is the most heinous of crimes.””
![“God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the constitution, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world,”[629]” quote by Robert J. Rayback](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cca/robert-j-rayback-49369_god-knows_god-knows-that-i-detest-slavery-but-it-i_3213596.jpg)
