Legal Tender Act

Famous quotes containing the words legal, tender and/or act:

    “No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.”
    —Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

    “My tender age in sorrow did begin:
    And still with sicknesses and shame
    Thou did’st so punish sin,
    That I became
    Most thin.
    With Thee
    Let me combine
    And feel this day Thy victory;”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “Think of those barren places where men gather
    To act in the terrible name of rectitude,
    Of acned shame, punk’s pride, muscle or turf,
    The bully’s thin superiority.”
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)