Why did Klemens von Metternich believe absolutist government could provide justice and fair administration?

Klemens von Metternich believed that absolutism was the most effective form of government because he viewed it as the best mechanism to guarantee equal justice and fair administration for all citizens.1

Rather than viewing his support for absolute rule as a desire for harsh or unrelenting oppression, Metternich argued that such a system could provide "good government" through stability and orderly, organic development. He believed that political institutions should be rooted in historical continuity rather than imposed through revolutionary change, which he considered unrealistic and unsuited to the needs of the people. Consequently, he advocated for reforms within the Habsburg monarchy and other states that he believed would foster this fair and stable administration.12