The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they thus lost they have never got back.
![The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they thus lost they have never got back.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/h-l-mencken/the-american-people-north-and-south-went-into-the-civil-war-as-citizens-of-their-respective-states-they-came-out.jpg)
The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they thus lost they have never got back.