The Underlying Principles Of Manners- Respect, Fairness,

The Way One Was Brought Up Isn't An Excuse For Rude Behavior.

The Whole Country Wants Civility. Why Don't We Have It? It Doesn't Cost Anything. No Federal Funding, No Legislation Is Involved. One Answer Is The Unwillingness To Restrain Oneself. Everybody Wants Other People To Be Polite To Them, But They Want The Freedom Of Not Having To Be Polite To Others.

The Idea That People Can Behave Naturally, Without Resorting To An Artificial Code Tacitly Agreed Upon By Their Society, Is As Silly As The Idea That They Can Communicate By A Spoken Language Without Commonly Accepted Semantic And Grammatical Rules.

The Etiquette Question That Troubles So Many Fastidious People New Year's Day Is: How Am I Ever Going To Face Those People Again?

We Already Know That Anonymous Letters Are Despicable. In Etiquette, As Well As In Law, Hiring A Hit Man To Do The Job Does Not Relieve You Of Responsibility.