Let there be no misgivings as to the animating purpose of
the world-wide Law of Baha'u'llah. ... It does not ignore nor does it attempt
to suppress the diversity of ethnical origins, of climate, of history, of
language and tradition, of thought and habit, that differentiate the peoples
and nations of the world. It calls for a wider loyalty, for a larger aspiration
than any that has animated the human race. It insists upon the subordination of
national impulses and interests to the imperative claims of a unified world. It
repudiates excessive centralization on one hand, and disclaims all attempts at
uniformity on the other. Its watchword is unity in diversity ..."
- Shoghi
Effendi (From a letter dated 28 November 28, 1931, published in ‘The World
Order of Baha’u’llah’)
