Ye who are the sincere well-wishers of the state, who are
the dutiful and compliant subjects of the government, should occupy yourselves
in constant service. Anyone who entereth the employ of the government should
show forth in all his deeds and actions the highest degree of rectitude and
honesty, of temperance and self-discipline, of purity and sanctity, of justice
and equity. If, God forbid, he should be guilty of the least breach of trust,
or approach his duties in a slack or desultory fashion, or extort so much as a
farthing from the populace, or seek to further his own selfish interests and
personal gain -- then it is certain that he shall be deprived of the
outpourings of God's grace.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, Trustworthiness:
A Cardinal Bahá'í Virtue)
