In short, every means that produces war must be checked and
the causes that prevent the occurrence of war be advanced; -so that physical
conflict may become an impossibility. On the other hand, every country must be
properly delimited, its exact frontiers marked, its national integrity secured,
its permanent independence protected, and its vital interests honoured by the
family of nations. These services ought to be rendered by an impartial, international
Commission. In this manner all causes of friction and differences will be
removed. And in case there should arise some disputes between them, they could
arbitrate before the Parliament of Man, the representatives of which should be
chosen from among the wisest and most judicious men of all the nations of the
world.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha ("Star of the West", vol. 5, no. 8 (August
1914), pp. 115-117) The Compilation of Compilations, Vol. II, Peace)
