A righteous government is of all the most to be wished for, Bearing of blessing and good fortune in the highest. Guided by the law of Truth, supported by dedication and zeal, It blossoms into the Best of Order, a Kingdom of Heaven! To effect this I shall work now and ever more.
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"For the wise, the truth is clear; for the foolish, it is hidden."
"Hear with your ears the best things; behold with a clear vision the two paths, the better and the worse, which the Wise One has declared."
"War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfortunate."
"The soul of the righteous shall be filled with everlasting joy."
"The wise man chooses Righteousness, the unwise man chooses the Lie."
Iranian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism, the first major religion of cosmic dualism between good (Ahura Mazda) and evil (Angra Mainyu). Closely associated with The Buddha (near-contemporary Eastern moral-cosmological revolutionary). For an intellectual contrast, see Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher of 'beyond good and evil' — Nietzsche appropriated Zarathustra's name for Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883) precisely to invert the original's moral cosmology — the historical Zoroaster founded the good-versus-evil framework Nietzsche's character announces the end of.
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Good governance is the most valuable thing a society can pursue because it produces widespread prosperity and wellbeing. When leaders govern by honesty rather than self-interest, backed by committed citizens willing to put in real effort, the result is an ideal, harmonious society. The speaker personally commits to spending the rest of his life working toward that goal, treating political and moral reform as a lifelong duty rather than an abstract ideal.
Zoroaster framed ethics as a cosmic battle between Asha (Truth/Order) and Druj (the Lie), and this quote puts that dualism into political terms. As a reforming priest-prophet who rejected the chaotic, blood-sacrifice polytheism of his tribal society, he taught that humans were active partners with Ahura Mazda in building a just world. His personal vow to 'work now and ever more' mirrors his real-life mission preaching for years before winning King Vishtaspa's patronage.
Zoroaster lived in Bronze/early Iron Age Iran (roughly 1500–1000 BCE), among semi-nomadic Indo-Iranian tribes ruled by warrior chieftains and priests who legitimized cattle-raiding and ecstatic sacrifice. Kingship was tribal and often predatory, with no concept of a moral state. Proposing that a government should be judged by Truth and righteousness, and tying salvation to civic order rather than ritual, was radical; it later shaped Achaemenid Persian ideals of just rule under Cyrus and Darius.
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