In all cases submitted for its consideration the Assembly
must uphold the standard of justice in delivering its verdict, and in all its
dealings with the community and the outside world it must strive to evince the
qualities of leadership. The following quotation from a letter of the Guardian
summarizes in simple terms the immediate goal every Assembly should set for
itself in its efforts to pursue the exalted standard of perfection inculcated
in our writings:
“The first quality for leadership, both among individuals
and Assemblies is the capacity to use the energy and competence that exists in
the rank and file of its followers.
Otherwise the more competent members of the group will go at a tangent
and try to find elsewhere a field of work where they could use their energy.
Shoghi Effendi hopes that the Assemblies will do their
utmost in planning such teaching activities that every single soul will be kept
busy.”
(From a letter dated 30 August 1930 written on behalf of the Guardian to
the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada)
- The Universal
House of Justice (From a letter dated 30 July 1972 to the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of Bolivia; ‘Messages from the Universal House of
Justice 1963-1986’)
