Obligation will save the Nation

In the beginning God created man and from man's rib he created women.  And once they ate of the tree of life they procreated and started something that resulted in what is now a population of over 6 billion and growing.  The first thing that man was aware of was himself.  Perhaps he was aware of the cradling and protection of the womb, but certainly he became aware of his mother since she was vital to his emergence into the world.  Then as he stretched his senses in all directions he became aware of the existence of others.  But from this he developed the sense of "me" and that which is "not me".  So this then lead to the idea of owning property.          

From millenia ago everything became "mine" and in the harsh environment of the stone age man had to protect his property, his mate, his offspring, his cave, his tools and the list goes on.  A rich man had many wives, many children, large flocks of animals etc..
This presented a problem because, then as well as now, people generally tend to be of two persuasions.. those that build of their own sweat and blood and those that take by force or guile.  So when the "raiders" came, the men of property were forced to defend their property.  The raiders would come in and kill the men and take the women, the children, the animals and now they became wealthy by possession.

Tribes were the defense against this outside aggression and what began as "me" versus "not me" became "we" versus "they".  So men banded together to defend themselves against the others in the form of clans, tribes and the like and eventually built cities with walls and decided amonst themselves who would come in and who would be excluded.  And this was the beginning of law.

The law determined the property rights of man.  The collection of men who got together to determine the laws formed the first governments.  So that the existance of government was in a sense to protect man's property.  Then as well as now, the right to belong to a group and to share in its protection was dependent on the obligation to obey its laws.