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Quote from Justice Salmon Chase,


"The legal tender quality [of money] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty."


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Justice Salmon Chase (more quotes by Justice Salmon Chase or books by/about Justice Salmon Chase)


(1808-1873) U.S. Senator from Ohio and Governor of Ohio, U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1864), Chief Justice of the United States (1864-73)

Source:

in dissent of Knox vs. Lee (The Legal Tender Cases, 1871)

Categories:

Deception, Economics, Fed, Money

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