This is our hope: to spread the oneness of the realm of man,
to destroy the foundation of hatred and animosity from among the people, to
make manifest the Greatest Peace, so that the nations of the world may
affiliate with each other and all the governments may strengthen between
themselves the bonds of love and unity, the International Court of Arbitration
may be established and all the worldwide problems and difficulties which arise
between the nations may be adjudicated in that Universal Court.
The solving of these international problems depend upon the
increase of the number of the lovers of Peace, and those who are devoted to the
greater friendship of nations may add their power to the public opinion which
revolves around the Peace of the World. Then, through the powerful
demonstration of the people of peace and reconciliation, all the nations will
be forced to accept the doctrine of Peace.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, November
24, 1911, Paris, France; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 18, February 7, 1912)
