creeds,
and to reshape the machinery of their respective governments according to
those standards that are implicit in Baha'u'llah's supreme declaration of
the Oneness of Mankind--the chief and distinguishing feature of the Faith
He proclaimed?....

How pathetic indeed are the efforts of those leaders of human institutions
who, in utter disregard of the spirit of the age, are striving to adjust
national processes, suited to the ancient days of self-contained nations
to an age which must either achieve the unity of the world, as adumbrated
by Baha'u'llah, or perish. At so critical an hour in the history of
civilization it behoves the leaders of all the nations of the world, great
and small, whether in the East or in the West, whether victors or
vanquished, to give heed to the clarion call of Baha'u'llah and,
thoroughly imbued with a sense of world solidarity, the sine qua non of
loyalty to His Cause, arise manfully to carry out in its entirety the one
remedial scheme He, the Divine Physician, has prescribed for an ailing
humanity. Let them discard, once for all, every preconceived idea, every
national prejudice, and give heed to the sublime counsel of 'Abdu'l-Baha,
the authorized Expounder of His teachings. You can best serve your
country, was 'Abdu'l-Baha's rejoinder to a high official in the service of
the federal government of the United States of America, who had questioned
Him as to the best manner in which he could promote the interests of his
government and people, if you strive, in your capacity as a citizen of the
world, to assist in the eventual application of the principle of
federalism underlying the government of your own country to the
relationships now existing between the peoples and nations of the world.

...

Some form of a world super-state must needs be evolved, in whose favour
all the nations of the world will have willingly ceded every claim to make
war, certain rights to impose taxation and all rights to maintain
armaments, except for purposes of maintaining internal order within their
respective dominions. Such a state will have to include within its orbit
an international executive adequate to enforce supreme and unchallengeable
authority on every recalcitrant member of the commonwealth; a world
parliament whose members shall be elected by the people in their
respective countries and whose election shall be confirmed by their
respective governments; and a supreme tribunal whose judgement will