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 rj 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 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 rj means that tolstoy supports non violent tax resistance but not resistance such as mugging tax collectors