Why Should Attending University Be A Prerequisite To Success or Greatness in Politics and Life?

Adebayo Adeniran
3 min readMay 28, 2021

Some of Britain’s greatest Prime Ministers and American Presidents never went to University.

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Benjamin Disraeli, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, James Ramsey McDonald, James Callaghan and John Major.

What do these names have in common?

Not one of these gentlemen, ever went to university and yet they went on to become leader of their country, leaving a powerful legacy of their time in office ( with James Callaghan being an exception)

In the pantheon of the greatest British prime ministers of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George are usually at the top of the polls.

Modern political aficionados must know that the likes of Benjamin Disraeli and James Ramsey McDonald had very little formal education and yet are remembered as phenomenal orators and writers, who have contributed a great deal to the English language.

David Lloyd George grew up in rural Wales, spoke English as a second language and yet rose to become the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Minister of Munitions and of course, prime minister, during the first world war. On his watch, he set up the welfare state, homes for heroes, unemployment and health insurance. He is…

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Adebayo Adeniran
Adebayo Adeniran

Written by Adebayo Adeniran

A lifelong bibliophile, who seeks to unleash his energy on as many subjects as possible

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