Referring to rectitude of conduct, Shoghi Effendi spoke of
the “justice, equity, truthfulness, honesty, fair-mindedness, reliability, and
trustworthiness” that must “distinguish every phase of the life of the Bahá’í
community.” Though applicable to all its members, this requisite was directed
principally, he underscored, to its “elected representatives, whether local,
regional, or national,” whose sense of moral rectitude should stand in clear
contrast to “the demoralizing influences which a corruption-ridden political
life so strikingly manifests”. The Guardian called for “an abiding sense of
undeviating justice” in a “strangely disordered world” and quoted extensively
from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, setting the sights of the
friends on the highest standards of honesty and trustworthiness.
- The Universal
House of Justice (From a letter dated 28 December, 2010, addressed to the
Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors)
