Can you believe Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, b. 1918 and John Kerry, b. 1943 share a birthdate?

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn on the Press: Such as it is, the press has become the greatest power within the Western World, more powerful than the legislature, the executive and judiciary.
One would like to ask: by whom has it been elected, and to whom is it responsible?

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn on Good and Evil: If only there were evil people somewhere, insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

John Kerry on Atrocities in Vietnam: There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire.

Alexandr Solzhenitsy on Humanism: That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life.

John Kerry on God-given Potential: We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the true face of America; not narrow values that divide us, but the shared values that unite us: family, faith, hard work, opportunity and responsibility for all, so that every child, every adult, every parent, every worker in America has an equal shot at living up to their God-given potential. That is the American dream and the American value.

No point really. I just thought the juxtaposition might be interesting.