When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.
Anybody can get hit over the head.
The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
When you ask a dumb question, you get a smart answer.
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom
Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage.