The Principle of Federalism
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At one time a high official in the federal government of the United States questioned ‘Abdu’l-Bahá about the best way to serve his people and his government. The Master had a ready answer: ‘You can best serve your country if you strive, in your capacity as a citizen of the world, to assist in the eventual application of the principle of federalism, underlying the government of your own country, to the relationships now existing between the peoples and nations of the world.’
Source: Annamarie Honnold, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 115–16; the words are quoted by Shoghi Effendi in The Advent of Divine Justice.
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