Richard Best:
CLASS OF 1977
Northern Valley Regional High SchoolClass of 1977
Old tappan, NJ
North Carolina State UniversityClass of 1984
Raleigh, NC
Charles DeWolf Middle SchoolClass of 1973
Old tappan, NJ
Richard's Story
Richard is from Cary, North Carolina. Richard is married. Richard's schools include Northern Valley Regional High School, Charles DeWolf Middle School. Richard later attended North Carolina State University (Political Science/Public Administration, Communications). Richard works(ed) at North Carolina State University, East Carolina University, North Carolina State University.
Music Richard likes includes Heart Wales, Mark Knopfler & Dire Straits, North Carolina Symphony. Books Richard likes include Bob Woodward, David McCullough, Tom Clancy. Movies Richard likes include Star Wars, Patton, All The President's Men. TV shows Richard likes include Charlie Rose, BBC World News America, Washington Week.
One of Richard's favorite quotes is:""Cave ab homine unius libri" - Anonymous
quoted by Isaac Disraeli in Curiosities of Literature, 1793
"When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper delibera...Expand for more
tion which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities". - David Hume, 1711-1776
"[To be moderate is to] acknowledge that with many issues there are two opposing and partially true points of view, which sit in tension, and that it’s best to try to balance both truths. It doesn’t mean picking whatever policies are in the center at any one time. It means practicing prudence, striking balances and picking an agenda that is right for the moment rather than one that fits some universal, eternal ideological system." - David Brooks
"I am not afraid of Muslims, Tea Partiers, Socialists, Immigrants, Gun Owners, or Gays...but I am scared of Spiders." - Jon Stewart
"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution." - John Adams".
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