| A world community of nations governed by a
world federation to which all national governments will be accountable:
'The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá'u'lláh, implies the
establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations, races,
creeds and classes are closely and permanently united, and in which the
autonomy of its state members and the personal freedom and initiative
of the individuals that compose them are definitely and completely
safeguarded.'13 |
| 'Some form of 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 . . . 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 . . .'14 |
| [BD 239-240] |
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