Analysis Of Throug Through Utopia, By Sir Thomas More

Through Utopia, More provided the leaders of his time with keen insights to help improve his world by claiming that leaders should not continue to hold his position of authority through his misrule. In Utopia More wrote, “It would certainly be better for him to quit his kingdom than to keep the name of authority when he has lost the majesty of kingship through his misrule.” More meant that when a leader does not govern correctly or govern morally correct, he should step down from his position because he is ruining the reputation of the office. He felt as though a king with less of an ego and a larger admiration of his kingdom, should step down from power if they are misusing it. Instead of helping the kingdom prosper, the king would only be destroying it and making all of congress look bad in the process making the people dislike the government. This could lead to riots and overthrowing the kingdom and bloodshed. More wanted to avoid the chaos and have the king swallow his pride instead and step down from power.
In Utopia Sir Thomas More wrote, “Let him not rashly revive law already abrogated by disuse, especially if they have been long forgotten and never wanted.” More meant by this is Leaders should not use laws that are outdated, forgotten, or useless only, for lack of better terms, to get what he wants. It is a selfish and undignified way for a king to rule his kingdom by manipulating the laws to only work out his his favor. A king should always rule justly and logically rather than act as a spoiled child and manipulate to receive what he desires. The ruler of Sir Thomas More’s time should not have been able to single handedly hold the reins to change the laws in order to personally benefit