From the “Political Confessions of Faith”, Metternich advocated the idea of traditional absolutism in favor of liberalism. He viewed human nature as prone to be erratic leading to destructive behavior. And this human nature cannot be changed. He saw the middle-class liberal ideas was under the veil of patriotism and was a threat to society similar to the events leading to revolutionary uprisings in Germany, Italy and Spain which ended with disastrous results. He attributed the French Revolution on the misfortune of France having to produce many men with liberal ideas and the consequences France suffered. Also he blamed Jacobin’s failed propagandas and Bonaparte’s despotism for the bloody and destructive aftermath. Metternich contended liberals promoted their ideas to go against the natural loyalty of the citizens to the monarch.

To curb future occurrences like these, Metternich propagated for a strong absolutist rule to fulfill the duties imposed and entrusted by God to look over justice and the rights of all citizens and, most importantly, to avoid the previous paths of error. He believed religious principles must be maintained and faith and morality should not be attacked which meant he was against all subversive activities that may endanger the monarchy and religion. In other words, Metternich was against free press which he believed was the cause of political unrest in the society

Francis Guizot’s “Conditions of the July Monarchy” advocated for a conservative constitutional monarchy rule as a solution for a long lasting government. He believed the current charter was actually under the old traditional regime and needed to be changed by using the French revolution as a reminder that order and liberty under constitutional monarchy must be established. He supported equality of rights for all citizens in order to maintain civil and moral order as well as free man from the traditional suppressions otherwise man will fall to the ranks of animals. Guizot supported aristocracy subject to being elected by the people and can be controlled. However, Guizot was against universal suffrage. He mentioned that universal voting right in America has caused the country to run the risk of ruining their democracy and liberty.

Metternich and Guizot shared similar ideologies in terms of having monarchy as the head of state for any government to survive. Metternich advocated the traditional absolutist monarchy rule while Guizot advocated for a constitutional monarchy rule where the monarch was the head of state while the represented aristocrats run the government. Guizot and Metternich supported aristocracy but differed in the selection process. Guizot advocated for civil liberties and a representative aristocracy to create a lasting government while Metternich advocated peace and order can only come from the monarchy who was God’s chosen. However the above ideals had the same end results. Both held views that society as a whole did not have the freedom or right to freely express their views through voting or through the press. Both Metternich and Guizot had the same conservative views of upholding the rights and privileges of nobilities and aristocrats which they felt were needed in the modern societies.