Taxes

In New York City a young supporter of tax-reform asked, ‘What message shall I take to my friends?’ The Master laughed with delighted humour: ‘Tell them to come into the Kingdom of God. There they will find plenty of land – and there are no taxes on it!’

Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 176
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