It is the decent observance of the laws that holds together all human communities.Sextus Empiricus, Against the Professors 2.31 (tr. R.G. Bury):
τὸ γάρ τοι συνέχον ἀνθρώπων πόλεις
τοῦτ' ἔσθ', ὅταν τις τοὺς νόμους σῴζῃ καλῶς.
For the laws are what bind cities together.
οἱ γὰρ νόμοι πόλεών εἰσι σύνδεσμοι.