truthfulness

'Abdu'l-Baha leaving Hotel Ansonia, 

New York City, 1912

In another Tablet He [Bahá'u'lláh] laid on His followers the obligation to 'behave towards the government of the country in which they reside with loyalty, honesty and truthfulness.' 'Abdu'l-Bahá reaffirmed the same principles. When in America He explained: 'The essence of the Bahá'í spirit is that, in order to establish a better social order and economic condition, there must be allegiance to the laws and principles of government.' And in a Tablet He referred to the 'irrefutable command that the Blessed Perfection hath given' in His Tablets, namely, 'that the believers must obey the kings with the utmost sincerity and fidelity, and He hath forbidden them [the believers] to interfere at all with political problems. He hath even prohibited the believers from discussing political affairs.' 

(The Universal House of Justice, from a letter to an individual believer dated December 8, 1967)