I fully approve and whole-heartedly and unreservedly uphold
the principle to which you refer that personalities should not be made centres
around which the community may revolve, but that they should be subordinated
under all conditions and however great their merits to the properly constituted
Assemblies. You and your co-workers can never overestimate or overemphasize
this cardinal principle of Bahá'í Administration.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 11 April
1933 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of
the United States and Canada, published in ‘Principles of Bahá'í
Administration: A Compilation’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, The
Local Spiritual Assembly)
