Clearly the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth is a “political" enterprise, and the Teachings of the Faith are filled with “political" principles—using the word in the sense of the science of government and of the organization of human society. At the same time the Bahá’i world community repeatedly and emphatically denies being a “political" organization and Bahá’is are required, on pain of deprivation of their administrative rights, to refrain from becoming involved in "political" matters and from taking sides in “political" disputes. In other words, the Bahá’is are following a completely different path from that usually followed by those who wish to reform society. They eschew political methods towards the achievement of their aims, and concentrate on revitalizing the hearts, minds and behaviour of people and on presenting a working model as evidence of the reality and practicality of the way of life they propound.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 27 April 1995 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer; included in compilation: ‘Selected Extracts on Political Non-Involvement and Social Transformation’; US Baha’i National Administrative website)
