My temperament and habit had always kept me rather in the middle of the road; in politics as well as in social reform I had been for "the best possible." But now I was pushed far toward the left on the subject of the war and I became gradually convinced that in order to make the position of the pacifist clear it was perhaps necessary that at least a small number of us should be forced into an unequivocal position.

Peace and Bread in Time of War (1922), Chapter 7 : Personal Reactions During War

Peace & Bread, Ch 7 - Personal Reactions During War - Jane Addams