A guardian needs to show physical strength, courage and philosophical temperament. A guardian needs to be to protect the community (375,a). Socrates goes into more depth and says that they need to have courage and have ambition, enterprise and pugnacity and be able to be watchdogs as he compares guardians to watchdogs, watchdogs are fierce, able to smell anything quickly and they react on instants, Moreover the leaders are choose from the guardian, because Socrates believes that they have the best interest for the community and that they will stick to a firm principle and those who are not easy misled therefore they choose the best people who know the community and well skilled. In South Africa however people vote for one party that they
