Many Christian anarchists practice the principles of nonviolence, nonresistance, and turning the other cheek. Tolstoyans are considered Christian pacifists and advocate nonresistance in all circumstances. Leo Tolstoy, Adin Ballou, and Mahatma Gandhi were notable advocates of nonresistance. Ammon Hennacy was a pacifist, a Christian anarchist, and an advocate of anarchism and nonresistance. Another distinct attribute of his philosophy based on Christ's teachings is nonresistance during conflict. That evil is overcome by nonresistance has been comprehended by very few Christians. Many believers adhere strictly to a moral attitude of nonresistance in the face of violence. From Wright he accepted the principle of nonresistance. Perhaps the oldest recorded statement of nonresistance philosophy is that of Socrates around 399 BC. However, in the Chinese newspapers, Zhang was ridiculed as "General Nonresistance" (). Nonresistance is often associated with particular religious groups. Nonresistance is a belief held by all Old Order groups. Nonresistance played a prominent role in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth-century United States.