Quotes from authors that died on Jul 18th
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
William Westmoreland
Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate him to the art of war, was readily received.
Horatio Alger
It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.
William Westmoreland
An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
John Paul Jones
No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls.
Horatio Alger
Ruth Brown 
Jacques Cartier 
Stan Sakai 
Walter Hagen 
Fred Rogers 
Eddie Bracken 
Bob Corker 
Charles Bradlaugh