…in this human world there is no greater blessing than
liberty. You do not know. I, who for forty years have been a prisoner, do know.
I do know the value and blessing of liberty. For you have been and are now
living in freedom, and you have no fear of anybody. Is there a greater blessing
than this? Freedom! Liberty! Security! These are the great bestowals of God.
Therefore, praise ye God!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, 23 April 1912, Washington
D.C.; ‘The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912’)
