"The attitude of the Baha'is must be two-fold, complete obedience to the
government of the country they reside in, and no interference whatsoever
in political matters or questions. What the Master's statement really
means is obedience to a duly constituted government, whatever that
government may be in form. We are not the ones, as individual Baha'is, to
judge our government as just or unjust--for each believer would be sure to
hold a different viewpoint, and within our own Baha'i fold a hotbed of
dissension would spring up and destroy our unity. We must build up our own
Baha'i system, and leave the faulty systems of the world to go their way.
We cannot change them through becoming involved in them; on the contrary,
they will destroy us."