Does this mean just about everyone is evil?

I believe evil is a learned function. If you are not exposed to hateful and hurtful things then you have no experience of them. Just as you experience good things, that is your world as you know it. Racism, hate, intolerance, bigotry, are all learned and not innate. I do not believe we are born in sin as Christians do, and therefore, have an extra burden to carry. The quote is an interpretation, as is the whole Bible, or perception of what the author is trying to reveal as he/she understands it. Given the context of the times, this may be what was on his mind (Paul's letters to the Romans?). Covers a lot of ground doesn't it...I wonder what was left out when the Bible was embled by the Church to satisfy their own agenda.