Abraham Lincoln Calling Quotations

By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?

Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have? Four, calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.

No. The mule has just four legs. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one.

How many legs does a dog have, if you call his tail a leg? The answer is four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.