The goverment needs to make rules because we need order. Another reason is that we need to know right from wrong. If there were no rules there would be craziness. Like if there were no streetlights cars would be crashing into each other. People would rob stores. If there were not any laws kids would not go to school. Governments make rules for different reasons. Governments make rules so people don't go around doing their own thing.  People are not suppose to violate one another, so we need laws to protect us.