O thou servant of Baha’! Thou hast asked regarding the
political affairs. In the United States it is necessary that the citizens shall
take part in elections. This is a necessary matter and no excuse from it is
possible. My object in telling the believers that they should not interfere in
the affairs of government is this: That they should not make any trouble and
that they should not move against the opinion of the government, but obedience
to the laws and the administration of the commonwealth is necessary. Now, as
the government of America is a republican form of government, it is necessary
that all the citizens shall take part in the elections of officers and take
part in the affairs of the republic. - ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha,
vol. 2’)
