George Washington's 'Rules for Civility"

By the time he was sixteen years old, George Washington had copied a 16th century manual for etiquette written by French Jesuits called 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversations.

It's easy to call these rules silly and outdated, but they show something that today we find is in short supply. They focus on others rather than the self. These rules are a fly in the face of everything our current "culture of narcissism" holds sacred.

Perhaps it's time we revisit these rules and bring them back into fashion. Our society desperately needs some civility again. Perhaps a new movement is in order. Indeed, a new 'hashtag'; #maca Make America Civil Again!

That is why over the course of several videos on GCTV, (our YouTube channel) I'll be discussing the 'Rules of Civility" that young Washington once copied. It is and always will be the mission of this publication to exercise civility and proper behavior. The current state of discourse today is disgusting. Level, reasoned heads are needed badly. rediscovering the old virtues and building character is needed more than ever.

Stay tuned for this series, but for now, check out the original rules for yourself here.