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.
— Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard)
10 seconds sound clip from the Gone with the Wind (1939) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:26:39 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Yes! Gentlemen always fight better than rabbles.
- And what does the captain of our troop say?
- Well, gentlemen, if Georgia fights, I go with her.
- 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.
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