If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood.
如果一千個人今年拒絕繳稅，跟同意繳稅相比，前者不算是暴力與血腥的手段，因為繳稅將可能使國家使用暴力、且使無辜者流血。