…no vote cast, or office undertaken, by a Baha’i should necessarily
constitute acceptance, by the voter or office holder, of the entire program of
any political party. No Baha’i can be regarded as either a Republican or
Democrat, as such. He is above all else, the supporter of the principles
enunciated by Baha’u’llah, with which, I am firmly convinced, the program of no
political party is completely harmonious.
- Shoghi Effendi (Postscript to a
letter dated 26 January 26 1933 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the NSA
of United States and Canada; Baha’i News, no. 80, January 1934)
