Let me begin with this:  Society is produced by our wants and government is by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourges intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, out calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform, and irresistibly obey, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish the means for the protection of the rest; and this he is induced to do by the same prudence which in every other case advises him out of two evils to choose the least. Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanserably follows, that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to use with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others.  (T. Paine, Common Sense)

This all speaks of the fact that by people coming together we create society and out of necessity to keep and maintain what we have we create government.

The problem is that we (the people) are allowing government to grow and grow and by doing so it (the government) will control us. We need to remember what was said in the beginning about government – government is a necessary evil. Do you like the idea of allowing evil to grow and grow?

“Good government demands the interest of intelligent citizens” (San Diego County Administration Building)