"...No Baha'i vote for an officer, no Baha'i participation in the affairs
of the Republic, shall involve acceptance of a program or policy that
contravenes any vital principle, spiritual or social, of the Faith.
"...No vote cast, or office undertaken, by a Baha'i should necessarily
constitute acceptance, by the voter or office holder, of the entire
program of any political party. No Baha'i can be regarded as either a
Republican or Democrat, as such. He is above all else, the supporter of
the principles enunciated by Baha'u'llah, with which, I am firmly
convinced, the program of no political party is completely harmonious."