July 20, 2018

Political figures – not to “either side with them or denounce them”

The Guardian wishes me to draw the attention of the friends through you that they should be very careful in their public utterance not to mention any political figures -- either side with them or denounce them. This is the first thing to bear in mind. Otherwise they will involve the friends in political matters, which is infinitely dangerous for the Cause. 
- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated 12 January 1933 written on behalf of Shogh Effendi; Baha’i News, no. 72, April 1933)