"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret that I
have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse
with those people." - Dan Quayle (Vice President of USA)
However, the attribution is refuted.
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.asp
Maybe the fact that it did need refutation is enough of an example of the
existence of stupidity in our culture.