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""Mine is the true revolutionary method. If the people of the empire refuse, as I believe they should refuse, to render military service - if they decline to pay taxes to support that instrument of violence, an army - the present system of government cannot stand."" - Tolstoy

RJ11, in the quote you gave, Tolstoy answered, ""No; he ought not voluntarily to pay taxes.""  So he did support tax resistence.  I think you have misunderstood the rest of the quote due to the non-standard use (or translation from Russian?) of the word ""resist."" (which is understandable, unless you'd read the book.)  In ""The Kingdom..."" the word ""resist"" means the use of violence or evil.  I.e. chapter 1 title: ""THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE..."".  Then he quote William Lloyd Garrison and Ballou:

Q. Ought the word ""non-resistance"" to be taken in its widest  sensethat is to say, as intending that we should not offer  any resistance of any kind to evil?

A. No; it ought to be taken in the exact sense of our Saviour's  teachingthat is, not repaying evil for evil. We ought to  oppose evil by every righteous means in our power, but not by  evil.

The quote you gave, RJ11, means that Tolstoy supports non-violent tax resistance, but not resistance such as mugging tax-collectors."