If anything had or could have a value equal to gold and silver, it would require no tender … - Thomas Paine

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Thomas Paine

If anything had or could have a value equal to gold and silver, it would require no tender law; and if it had not that value it ought not to have such a law; and, therefore, all tender laws are tyrannical and unjust and calculated to support fraud and oppression.

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