Good Manners

I just finished the book Beyond this Horizon which Robert A. Heinlein wrote in 1942. It wasn't bad, but its not his best. I would rate it at about a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. I bought and then read this book just to find this specific quote. I wanted to see the context that he wrote it in. I came across it right near the end of chapter 15, almost at the end of the book.

“Well, in the first place an armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.”

I couldn't possibly agree more. Especially the part about being polite. The older I get, the less tolerance I have for bad manners, disrespect, or rudeness.

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