"As long as women are prevented from attaining their highest possibilities, so long will men be unable to achieve the greatness which might be theirs." ('Abdu'l-Bahá, circa 1910)

"A mechanism of world intercommunication will be devised, embracing the whole planet, freed from national hindrances and restrictions, and functioning with marvelous swiftness and perfect regularity." (Shoghi Effendi, World Order of Bahá'u'llah, 1936)