Bahá’í Quotes

Plans - Government

The government of the countries should conform to the Divine Law which gives equal justice to all. This is the only way in which the deplorable superfluity of great wealth and miserable, demoralizing, degrading poverty can be abolished. Not until this is done will the Law of God be obeyed.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 154

There must be special laws made, dealing with these extremes of riches and of want. The members of the Government should consider the laws of God when they are framing plans for the ruling of the people. The general rights of mankind must be guarded and preserved.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 153-154

Quote of the Day

Kamal 18 Mulk 182 B.E.

. . . if we spontaneously desire to acknowledge we have been wrong in something and that we have some fault of character, and ask another person's forgiveness or pardon, we are quite free to do so. The Guardian wants to point out, however, that we are not obliged to do so. It rests entirely with the individual.

From a letter written by the Universal House of Justice to a National Spiritual Assembly – 19 March, 1973