Interesting idea! However, I feel that even Aragorn, though he was much stronger than most men, would eventually fall to the ring if only for the desire to do good. Just like Gandalf and Galadriel, both even more powerful than Aragorn, who were also able to refuse the ring once. However they knew it would be very difficult for them to continue to resist it and they were not suitable to destroy it. Frodo and Sam were best for the task as they both had no desire for power, but were willing to sacrifice for others. The fact that they were "simply" hobbits of the Shire without any worldy or powerful position made them much less susceptible to the lure of the Ring, which feeds off of greed and thirst for dominance. Aragorn was perfectly cut out to be a leader and succeeded in doing the essential task of preparing the forces of men for battle and leading Rohan and Gondor to face Sauron. So in the end the hobbits were better suited for the task of destroying the ring and Aragorn for being the commanding king in the west. They're all perfect for the tasks they carried out!

I think that, as Gandalf says in the Hobbit, hobbits have surprising strength. I think that Tolkien wanted to show that people judge others based on size most of the time, but the hobbits were the ones in both The Hobbit and LotR who carried the ring and did not fail under the temptation. This excludes Gollum/Smeagle ofc.

@Ryan Twomey

I can't really understand what you mean by that

@Sokratis Amoiridis Hello

I think that was his last choice if no one else would. Because his ancestor is Isildur, who didn’t have the power to throw the ring in, he worried that he would make the same mistake. He said it himself, “The same weakness runs through my bones”.

Ok thank you

@LadyEowynOfRohan I think he said “blood” instead of bones. And was that just the movie? I’m not sure. But you’re right with the rest. 😉

@Tolkien24 i think youre right..

Oh yeah. My bad

No, it would have corrupted him. The thing with Hobbits is that they enjoy simplicity and don't seek out fame, power, riches, or glory. Aragorn may have ben able to resist the ring long enough to let Frodo go, but it would have corrupted him eventually. He wanted things in life, to prove himself worthy of being the heir to Gondor, to defeat the evil of Mordor, to be a worthy king, to be with Arwen. The ring would have fed off these desires and twisted them around, eventually corrupting him and making him believe that he could achieve these things with the ring's power.

Frodo simply wanted his simple, peaceful life to continue the way it always had been. He didn't want anything more in life, which is why he was so resistant to the ring's power, and even then it corrupted him by the time he made it to Mordor.