He said, "I had not the advantage of a classical education, and no man should, in my judgment, accept a degree he cannot read."
- Andrew Johnson
- Yogi Berra
- Abraham Lincoln
- George Washington
- Millard Fillmore
He said, "I had not the advantage of a classical education, and no man should, in my judgment, accept a degree he cannot read."
The 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, declined to accept an honorary degree from the University of Oxford in 1855, proclaiming, "I had not the advantage of a classical education, and no man should, in my judgment, accept a degree he cannot read.?