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