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I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen.

4 seconds sound clip from the Gone with the Wind (1939) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:26:55 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- But like my father, I hope that the Yankees let us leave the Union in peace.

- But they've insulted us!

- You can't mean you don't want war?

- Most of the miseries of the world were caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were about.

- Now, gentlemen. Mr. Butler's been up North, I hear.

- Don't you agree with us, Mr. Butler?

- I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen.

- What do you mean, sir?

- I mean, there's not a cannon factory in the whole South.

- What difference does that make, sir, to a gentleman?

- I'm afraid it's going to make a great deal of difference to a great many gentlemen, sir.

- Are you hinting that the Yankees can lick us?

[...]

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Actors: Clark Gable (Rhett Butler), Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara), Hattie McDaniel (Mammy), Leslie Howard (Ashley Wilkes), Thomas Mitchell (Gerald O'Hara)

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