The friends have every right to appeal to the Australian
National Assembly and express their views that ... be allowed to teach people
of all races as she has been doing; but in the mean time she should comply with
the wishes of the National Assembly, because all Bahá'ís must learn to live
according to the administrative principles of our Faith. If they don't, they
only undermine the very institutions they are trying to create, and which we
know, carry the solution to the world's problems. It is often difficult to
follow this course, but it is the one 'Abdu'l-Bahá always asked the friends to
follow; and obedience, even when we believe the instruction is not wise, brings
in itself blessings from on high.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 29 November 1952 written
on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. II, National Spiritual Assembly)
