Politics is a dangerous subject. In its practice, we ask the people to, at best, surrender some of their liberty, and more often, vote to involuntarily deprive others of theirs.

For this reason, the chief qualification to practice politics should not be an interest in governance, but rather a love of liberty, even above peace and prosperity. By that definition, the most dangerous person to whom we can trust politics is as politician. Even successful businessmen are dangerous, in as much as their success requires them to have entirely more control than is safe.