On Liberty: Exercise Moderation in All Things

Americans extole freedom. For much of the rest of the world, for Muslims certainly, it's not freedom that resonates, but submission. Islam means "submission." True freedom can only be found through submission to the laws of God.

"It is incumbent upon them who are in authority to exercise moderation in all things. Whatsoever passeth beyond the limits of moderation will cease to exert a beneficial influence. Consider for instance such things as liberty, civilization and the like. However much men of understanding may favourably regard them, they will, if carried to excess, exercise a pernicious influence upon men."

Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh