Any abasement is bearable except betraying one's own
country, and any sin is forgivable other than dishonouring the government and
inflicting harm upon the nation.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; quoted in an
open letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Iran about the
Banning of the Baha'i Administration; included in Messages from the Universal
House of Justice 1963-1986’)
