History Literature Essays Platforms People Discussion Search Title Index Recommend this Page Democracy or Militarism By Jane Addams Address before the Chicago Liberty Meeting, April 30, 1899 None of us who has been reared and nurtured in America can be wholly without the democratic instinct. It is not a question with any of us of having it or not having it; it is merely a question of trusting it or not trusting it. For good or ill we suddenly f ...