Why might it be dangerous to have a government?

The major danger in having a government is the danger of
tyranny, the danger of having absolutism arise.

When we set
up a government, we give it many significant powers.  The government, for example, has
the power to take away our money through taxation.  It has the power to take away our
liberty by putting us in jail.  We allow it to have armed forces that we could never
resist, even if we do all own guns.

When we give the
government this much power, we risk having it abuse and tyrannize us.  We risk having it
take too much of our money.  We risk having it use its police powers to arrest us for no
good reason.  Basically, by giving it that much power, we risk having it take away the
liberties that we want it to protect.