| Anti-Imperialist | Primary Source(s) | Notes |
| Jane Addams | Democracy or Militarism: Address at the Chicago Liberty Meeting, 1899. | |
| William Jennings Bryan | Imperialism, 1900. | Long source - start at [15] |
| George S. Boutwell | The President’s Policy: war and conquest abroad, degradation of labor at home, 1900. | |
| Andrew Carnegie | On Distant Possessions, The Parting of Ways, 1898. | |
| Grover Cleveland | Special Message on the Annexation of Hawaii, 1893. | Long source; start near the end with “This military demonstration upon the soil of Honolulu…” |
| W.E.B. DuBois | Speech urging the US to withdraw from Haiti, 1929. | |
| Samuel Gompers |
To Free Cuba, Not to Chineize America Was the War Begun, July 1898. Imperialism: Its Dangers and its Wrongs, October 18, 1898. |
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| Josephine Shaw Lowell |
What Shall It Profit, A Man or a Nation? November 3, 1900. Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt, 1904. |
The second resource is in cursive; if you need help reading it, please ask a librarian or your teacher. |
| Carl Schurz |
Against American Imperialism, January 4, 1899. |
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| Edwin Burrit Smith | Liberty or Despotism: Address at the Chicago Liberty Meeting, 1899. | |
| Moorfield Storey |
Nothing to Excuse Our Intervention, in The Advocate of Peace, 1898. Excerpts from a June 15, 1898 speech at Faneuil Hall, Boston. |
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| Mark Twain |
To the Person Sitting in Darkness, 1901. International Perspectives on the Spanish-American War, 1900-1906. |
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| Henry Van Dyke | The American Birthright and the Philippine Pottage, 1898. | Scroll down for full text |
Other Sources:
Program from an early meeting of the American Anti-Imperialist League including speeches from many well-known anti-imperialists.