It is incumbent upon the ministers of the House of Justice
to promote the Lesser Peace so that the people of the earth may be relieved
from the burden of exorbitant expenditures. This matter is imperative and
absolutely essential, inasmuch as hostilities and conflict lie at the root of
affliction and calamity.
- Baha’u’llah (Lawh-i-Dunya [Tablet of the World];
‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)