Beware, beware lest the foul odour of the parties and peoples of foreign lands in the West, and their pernicious methods, such as intrigues, party politics and propaganda- -practices which are abhorrent even in name -- should ever reach the Bahá'í community, exert any influence whatsoever upon the friends, and thus bring all spirituality to naught. The friends should, through their devotion, love, loyalty and altruism, abolish these evil practices, not imitate them. It is only after the friends completely ignore and sanctify themselves from these evils, that the spirit of God can penetrate and operate in the body of humanity, and in the Bahá'í community.
- Shoghi Effendi (30 January 1923 to the Central Spiritual Assembly of Iran -- translated from the Persian; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Elections)
- Shoghi Effendi (30 January 1923 to the Central Spiritual Assembly of Iran -- translated from the Persian; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Elections)
