There are some who are as lighted torches; there are others who shine as stars in the sky of humanity.
The lovers of mankind, these are the superior men, of whatever nation, creed or color they may be.
Equally mischievous with racial prejudice is political or patriotic prejudice.

The time has now come when narrow national patriotisms should be merged in the wider patriotism whose country is the world.

Baha'u'llah says:-- Of old it hath been revealed: "Love of one's country is an element of the Faith of God." The Tongue of Grandeur hath ...

in the day of His manifestation proclaimed: "It is not his to boast who loveth his country, but it is his who loveth the world." Through the power released by these exalted words He hath lent a fresh impulse, and set a new direction, to the birds of men's hearts, and hath obliterated every trace of restriction and limitation from God's Holy Book .-- Tablet of the World.
Territorial Ambitions Many are the wars which have been fought over pieces of territory whose possession has been coveted by two or more rival nations.

The greed of possession has been as fertile a cause of strife among nations as among individuals.