Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The legal tender quality [of money] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty.” ~ 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)