John Woolman strengthened the Quaker practice of war tax resistance significantly and is probably the best-known Quaker thinker in this area. His brother Abner also had some thoughts on the subject, which he left in his journal:
This excerpt can also be found in the book American Quaker War Tax Resistance.
For some years past I have been thoughtful about the payment of money which was made some time before to defray military expences, and now (in ) was sinking by a tax, and my exercise was at times very great and I often looked round about and thought no ones state is like mine, neither did I know who to converse with. I often was alone endeavouring to have my mind still, and after some time it looked most clear to decline paying the money thus appointed to military uses, and when the officer came to my house to demand it I told him that I was most easie to decline paying of that tax.
