Thomas Paine Quote

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.

Essays, letters, addresses (ed. 1908)

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...

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...

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...

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...