What Makes a Worthy President

‘Abdu’l-Bahá was in California in 1912—a presidential election year. One October morning this election was mentioned during a conversation. The Master commented: “The president must be a man who is not hankering for the presidency. He should be a person free from all thoughts of name and fame; he must think himself unworthy of the rank; and should say that he thinks himself unfit for the place and unable to bear this burdensome duty … If the public good is the object, the president must be a person sensitive to the public weal and not a selfish and self-seeking one.”

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