Rulers and Subjects
Baha'u'llah forbids tyranny and oppression in the most emphatic terms. In Hidden Words He writes: - (90:6)

Rulers and Subjects
O Oppressors of Earth!
Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I have pledged Myself not to forgive any man's injustice. This is My covenant which I have irrevocably decreed in the preserved tablet and sealed it with My seal of glory (90:7)

Rulers and Subjects
Those entrusted with the framing and administration of laws and regulations must "hold fast to the cord of consultation and adopt and enforce that which is conducive to the security, prosperity, wealth and tranquillity of the people. For were any measure other than this to be adopted, it could not but result in chaos and commotion." - Tablets of Baha'u'llah, Tablet of the World (90:8)

On the other hand, the people must be law- abiding and loyal to the just government. They must rely on educational methods and on the force of good example, not on violence, for bringing about a better state of affairs in the nation. Baha'u'llah says: - (91:1)

In every country where any of this people reside, they must behave towards the government of that country with loyalty, honesty and truthfulness. - Tablets of Baha'u'llah, Glad Tidings (91:2)

..O people of God! Adorn your temples with the adornment of trustworthiness and piety. Help, then, your Lord with the hosts of goodly deeds and a praiseworthy character. We have forbidden you dissension and conflict in My Books, and My Scriptures, and My Scrolls, and My Tablets, and have wished thereby naught else save your exaltation and advancement. - Tablets of Baha'u'llah, Tablet of Ishraqat (91:3)

Appointment and Promotion
In making appointments, the only criterion must be fitness for the position. Before this paramount consideration, all others, such as seniority, social or financial status, family connection or personal friendship, must give way. Baha'u'llah says in the Tablet of Ishraqat: - (91:4)

Governments should fully acquaint themselves with the conditions of those they govern, and confer upon them positions according to desert and merit. It is enjoined upon every ruler and sovereign to consider this matter with the utmost care that the traitor may not usurp the position of the faithful, nor the despoiler rule in the place of the trustworthy (91:5)

It needs but little consideration to show that when this principle becomes generally accepted and acted upon, the transformation in our social life will be astounding. When each individual is given the position for which his talents and capabilities specially fit him he will be able to put his heart into his work and become an artist in his profession, with incalculable benefit to himself and the rest of the world (91:6)

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