If anything had or could 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 such a law; and, therefore, all tender laws are tyrannical and unjust and calculated to support fraud and oppression.
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.
 Thomas Paine

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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
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Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order.
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The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside ... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them ... the weak will become prey to the strong.
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