. Government and politics in Virginia . group it is nearly always desirable to lay down cer-tain rules which everyone must obey. Even in the familygroup such rules are necessary, though they are seldom, ifever, written down. So in the school there are rules whichmust be respected. In the larger groups which form com-munities there are also rules. In every community, for ex-ample, it is a rule that no person shall take the life of anotherperson; and the community will punish any person who dis-obeys this rule. The rules for the conduct of the people of a THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT community are ca
. Government and politics in Virginia . group it is nearly always desirable to lay down cer-tain rules which everyone must obey. Even in the familygroup such rules are necessary, though they are seldom, ifever, written down. So in the school there are rules whichmust be respected. In the larger groups which form com-munities there are also rules. In every community, for ex-ample, it is a rule that no person shall take the life of anotherperson; and the community will punish any person who dis-obeys this rule. The rules for the conduct of the people of a THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT community are called laws. The members of the- com-munity choose (or, as we say, elect) certain of their numberto frame these laws for the community and the laws so framedare binding upon everybody. Sometimes we may feel thatthe laws of a community are irksome, because they interferewith this or that thing that we as individuals want to also we may think this or that law is unnecessaryor unwise. We should remember, however, that laws pro-. VIEW OF A PRGSPLROUS FARMING COMMUNITY tect us from others in far greater measure than they actuallyrestrict us in what we ought reasonably to be permitted to the most part they deprive us only of those rights andliberties which it is necessary for us to give up for the generalinterests of the whole body of people in the community. Not only must laws be made but they must also be enforced;and the people of every community select for this purpose a 8 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA number of persons whom we call officers. It is the duty ofthese officers to see theit the laws are obeyed and to settledisputes that arise between in(Ii\iduals as to the meaning ofthe laws. In addition to all this, the people of the community mustprovide for the establishment and maintenance of the variousservices which they need in common. This, again, requiresofficers—officers who are empowered to build and repairroads, to operate post offices, to constr
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