Bahá'u'lláh has announced that inasmuch as ignorance and
lack of education are barriers of separation among mankind, all must receive
training and instruction. Through this provision the lack of mutual
understanding will be remedied and the unity of mankind furthered and advanced.
Universal education is a universal law. It is, therefore, incumbent upon every
father to teach and instruct his children according to his possibilities. If he
is unable to educate them, the body politic, the representative of the people,
must provide the means for their education.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha ('The
Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His
Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912'; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. II, Women)
