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Note
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Extremes of Wealth and Poverty Must
End
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Baha'u'llah
tells us that He prefers justice to everything else in the world:
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"
O Son of Spirit !
The
best beloved of all things in My sight is justice,
turn
not away therefrom if thou desirest
Me. "
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Abdu'l-Baha
says:
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"
One of the most important principles of the
Teaching of Baha'u'llah is: The right of every human being to the daily
bread whereby they exist, or the equalization of the means
of livelihood.
The
arrangements of the circumstances of the people must be
such that poverty shall
disappear,
that everyone, as far as possible, according to
his rank and position, shall
share
in comfort and well-being.
We
see amongst us men who are overburdened with riches on the one hand, and
on the
other
those unfortunate ones who starve with nothing; those who pessess several
stately palaces, and those who have not where to lay their head. Some
we find with numerous
courses
of costly and dainty food, whilst others can scarcely find sufficient
crusts to keep
them
alive. Whilst some are clothed in velvets, furs and fine linen, others
have insufficient,
poor
and thin garments with which to protect them from the cold.
This
condition of affairs is wrong
, and must be remedied. Certainly , some
being
enormously
rich and others lamentably poor, an organization
is necessary to control
and
improve this state of affairs. It is important to limit riches, as it is
also of importance to
limit
poverty.
Either
extreme is not good. ... When we see poverty
allowed to reach a condition of
starvation
it is a sure sign that somewhere
we shall find tyranny. Men must bestir
themselves
in this matter, and no longer delay in altering conditions which bring
the misery
of
grinding poverty to a very large number of the people..."
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