Paraphrasing St Augustine——”Without a system of justice, what is the state but a marauding band of thieves.”
That Reminds me of something I read in my misspent youth. It was something along the lines of:
Government is primarily a band of Vandals and Vikings searching for something to loot and the taxes we pay are the Danegeld to keep them away from our every day lives.
Of course I know now that the Danegeld wasn’t enough in the end and that they resumed raiding England and Europe eventually. What put a stop to that was armed resistance everywhere they showed up. Eventually there weren’t enough survivors to go Viking any more.
Kind makes you think doesn’t it? (With a beatific grin)
Sounds good to me (polishing my halo).