… ignorance is indisputably the principal reason for the
decline and fall of peoples and the perpetuation of prejudice. No nation can
achieve success unless education is accorded all its citizens. Lack of
resources limits the ability of many nations to fulfil this necessity, imposing
a certain ordering of priorities. The decision-making agencies involved would
do well to consider giving first priority to the education of women and girls,
since it is through educated mothers that the benefits of knowledge can be most
effectively and rapidly diffused throughout society. In keeping with the
requirements of the times, consideration should also be given to teaching the
concept of world citizenship as part of the standard education of every child.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a message dated October 1985, addressed
to the Peoples of the World)
