Abraham Lincoln is often remembered for his moral courage and steady leadership in a time of national crisis, but his true statesmanship lay in his clear-sighted understanding of the rule of law, and its role as the essential safeguard between tyranny and anarchy. In this lecture, Dr. Allen Guelzo, New York Times bestselling author and one of the nation’s leading Lincoln scholars, examines how Lincoln’s respect for constitutional order shaped his decisions, preserved democratic governance under extraordinary strain, and continues to offer lessons for political leadership today.
