l. International questions will come before
the universal tribunal, and so the cause of warfare will be taken away.

("The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Baha
during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912", p. 301) [37]

38: I find these two great American nations [the United States and Canada]
highly...

I find these two great American nations [the United States and Canada]
highly capable and advanced ... it is my hope that these revered nations
may become prominent factors in the establishment of international peace
and the oneness of the world of humanity...

("The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Baha
during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912", p. 318) [38]

39: The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the
female....

The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female.
So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will
not fly. Until womankind reaches the same degree as man, until she enjoys
the same arena of activity, extraordinary attainment for humanity will not
be realized; humanity cannot wing its way to heights of real attainment.
When the two wings or parts become equivalent in strength, enjoying the
same prerogatives, the flight of man will be exceedingly lofty and
extraordinary. Therefore, woman must receive the same education as man and
all inequality be adjusted. Thus, imbued with the same virtues as man,
rising through all the degrees of human attainment, women will become the
peers of men, and until this equality is established, true progress and
attainment for the human race will not be facilitated.

The evident reasons underlying this are as follows: Woman by nature is
opposed to war; she is an advocate of peace. Children are reared and
brought up by the mothers who give them the first principles of education
and labour assiduously in their behalf. Consider, for instance, a mother
who has tenderly reared a son for twenty years to the age of maturity.
Surely she will not consent to having that son torn asunder and killed in
the field of battle. Therefore, as woman advances toward the degree of man
in power and privilege, with the right of vote and control in human
government, most assuredly war will cease; for woman is naturally the most
devoted and staunch advocate of international peace.

("The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks