How foolish and ignorant must a man be, how base his nature,
and how vile the clay of which he is fashioned, if he would defile himself with
the contamination of bribery, corruption and perfidy towards the state! Truly,
the vermin of the earth are to be preferred to such people!
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, from
a Tablet; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Trustworthiness: A Cardinal Bahá'í Virtue)
