--- title: "21 I can Quotes By Abraham Lincoln" description: "21 I can quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more I can sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-make-brigadier-generals-but-i-can_1883137.png" --- > [I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-make-brigadier-generals-but-i-can-t-make-horses/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-make-brigadier-generals-but-i-can_1883137.png) > [I can make more generals, but horses cost money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-make-more-generals-but-horses-cost-money/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/abraham-lincoln-88_cost_i-can-make-more-generals-but-horses-cost_786432.png) > [I can't spare this man, he fights!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-t-spare-this-man-he-fights/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-t-spare-this-man-he-fights-2507982_2507982.png) > [By all means, don't say, "if I can," say "I will."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/by-all-means-don-t-say-if-i-can-say-i-will/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/abraham-lincoln-88_i-can_by-all-means-don-t-say-if-i-can-say-i-wi_1371449.png) > [Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; with it I can not fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succeed-with-it-i-can-not-fail/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/abraham-lincoln-88_assistance_without-divine-assistance-i-can-not-succ_187998.png) > [I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-have-an-irrepressible-desire-to-live-till-i-can-be-assured-that-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/abraham-lincoln-88_assured_i-have-an-irrepressible-desire-to-live-t_1824330.png) > [If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-i-have-one-vice-and-i-can-call-it-nothing-else-it-is-not-able-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f6/abraham-lincoln-88_able_if-i-have-one-vice-and-i-can-call-it-not_2812395.png) > [I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-express-all-my-views-on-the-slavery-question-by-quotations-from/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/abraham-lincoln-88_clay_i-can-express-all-my-views-on-the-slaver_1436825.png) > [If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-i-am-killed-i-can-die-by-once-but-to-live-in-constant-dread-of-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/abraham-lincoln-88_constant_if-i-am-killed-i-can-die-by-once-but-to_801451.png) > [I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-know-the-hole-he-went-in-at-but-i-can-t-tell-you-what-hole-he-will/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-know-the-hole-he-went-in-at-but-i-can_642003.png) > [I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-shall-not-do-more-than-i-can-and-i-shall-do-all-i-can-to-save-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/abraham-lincoln-88_deals_i-shall-not-do-more-than-i-can-and-i-sha_2770050.png) > [I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-do-not-understand-that-because-i-do-not-want-a-negro-woman-for-a/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/abraham-lincoln-88_i-can_i-do-not-understand-that-because-i-do-no_1346267.jpg) > [I am not a very sentimental man; and the best sentiment I can think of is, that if you collect the signatures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-not-a-very-sentimental-man-and-the-best-sentiment-i-can-think-of/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/abraham-lincoln-88_autobiography_i-am-not-a-very-sentimental-man-and-the_929136.png) > [I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-only-say-that-i-have-acted-upon-my-best-convictions-without/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/abraham-lincoln-88_conviction_i-can-only-say-that-i-have-acted-upon-my_1053435.png) > [Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/every-man-is-said-to-have-his-peculiar-ambition-whether-it-be-true-or-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/abraham-lincoln-88_ambition_every-man-is-said-to-have-his-peculiar-a_943964.png) > [I can hardly believe that the South and North can live in peace, unless we can get rid of the negroes ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-hardly-believe-that-the-south-and-north-can-live-in-peace/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/abraham-lincoln-88_believe_i-can-hardly-believe-that-the-south-and_2586336.jpg) > [Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/should-my-administration-prove-to-be-a-very-wicked-one-or-a-very/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_should-my-administration-prove-to-be-a-v_326457.png) > [I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-naturally-anti-slavery-if-slavery-is-not-wrong-nothing-is-wrong-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/abraham-lincoln-88_american-slavery_i-am-naturally-anti-slavery-if-slavery-i_819526.png) > [Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/upon-the-subject-of-education-not-presuming-to-dictate-any-plan-or/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/abraham-lincoln-88_american-education_upon-the-subject-of-education-not-presum_273696.jpg) > [I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-not-but-hate-the-prospect-of-slavery-s-expansion-i-hate-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/abraham-lincoln-88_can-not_i-can-not-but-hate-the-prospect-of-slave_1185337.png) > [As to your kind wishes for myself, allow me to say I can not enter the ring on the money basis--first, because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-to-your-kind-wishes-for-myself-allow-me-to-say-i-can-not-enter-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/abraham-lincoln-88_bases_as-to-your-kind-wishes-for-myself-allow_177965.jpg) ## Other authors on I can ## More by Abraham Lincoln > [Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/elections-belong-to-the-people-it-s-their-decision-if-they-decide-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [ Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then \[these?\],… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in-england-in-1624-and-in-this/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/all-that-i-am-or-ever-hope-to-be-i-owe-to-my-angel-mother/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and-vigilance-no-administration/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-could-not-have-slept-tonight-if-i-had-left-that-helpless-little/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-us-at-all-times-remember-that-all-american-citizens-are-brothers/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-you-wish-to-be-a-lawyer-attach-no-consequence-to-the-place-you-are/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-we-keep-or-break-the-sabbath-day-we-nobly-save-or-meanly-lose-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/tell-the-truth-and-you-won-t-have-so-much-to-remember/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/with-high-hope-for-the-future-no-prediction-is-ventured/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-know-southern-men-declare-that-their-slaves-are-better-off-than/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-glad-to-see-that-a-system-of-labor-prevails-under-which-laborers/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-don-t-like-that-man-i-must-get-to-know-him-better/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-this-sad-world-of-ours-sorrow-comes-to-all-and-to-the-young-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-man-does-not-live-who-is-more-devoted-to-peace-than-i-am-none-who/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-can/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "21 I can Quotes By Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-make-brigadier-generals-but-i-can-t-make-horses/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-make-brigadier-generals-but-i-can_1883137.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-make-brigadier-generals-but-i-can_1883137.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-make-brigadier-generals-but-i-can_1883137.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can make more generals, but horses cost money.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-make-more-generals-but-horses-cost-money/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/abraham-lincoln-88_cost_i-can-make-more-generals-but-horses-cost_786432.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/abraham-lincoln-88_cost_i-can-make-more-generals-but-horses-cost_786432.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/abraham-lincoln-88_cost_i-can-make-more-generals-but-horses-cost_786432.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can make more generals, but horses cost money.” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can't spare this man, he fights!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-t-spare-this-man-he-fights/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-t-spare-this-man-he-fights-2507982_2507982.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-t-spare-this-man-he-fights-2507982_2507982.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_i-can-t-spare-this-man-he-fights-2507982_2507982.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can't spare this man, he fights!” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By all means, don't say, \"if I can,\" say \"I will.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/by-all-means-don-t-say-if-i-can-say-i-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/abraham-lincoln-88_i-can_by-all-means-don-t-say-if-i-can-say-i-wi_1371449.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/abraham-lincoln-88_i-can_by-all-means-don-t-say-if-i-can-say-i-wi_1371449.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/abraham-lincoln-88_i-can_by-all-means-don-t-say-if-i-can-say-i-wi_1371449.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“By all means, don't say, \"if I can,\" say \"I will.\"” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; 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