Metternich : Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar (1773-1859), Fürst von Metternich, Austrian statesman, a champion of conservative principles. The period 1815 to 1848 has been called the Age of Metternich, for during this time he was not only master of Austria but also the chief arbiter of Europe. He was the principal statesman of the so-called Holy Alliance (q.v.). Metternich’s system depended upon political & religious censorship, espionage, & the suppression of revolutionary & nationalist movements.
... the European Powers or else by a United States of Europe or some other form of European federation. A dominating alliance of great Powers would be simply a repetition in principle of the system of Metternich and would inevitably break down after some lapse of time, while a Concert of Europe must mean, as experience has shown, the uneasy attempt of rival groupings to maintain a precarious understanding ...
... democratic nations which would keep the peace by pressure or by the use of force if need be. If less crude, this solution is not for that any more satisfactory than the other. It is an old idea, the idea Metternich put into practice after the overthrow of Napoleon; only in place of a Holy Alliance of monarchs to maintain peace and monarchical order and keep down democracy, it was proposed to have a league of ...
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