@cspanofficial: Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the West has lost confidence in the qualities that made it powerful, arguing that Western nations have become ashamed of their history, weakened their militaries and surrendered too much sovereignty to global institutions. "Today, too much of the West has forgotten this quality," he said Wednesday during an address before the Acropolis in Athens. "Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional." The secretary invoked the Ancient Greek concept of "thumos" — which he described as "the fire of passion, strength, courage, pride" — and said the West now faces a choice that will shape the next century. "The course we take will determine whether the West maintains its place at the head of the world or resigns itself to a future of atrophy and servitude and decline," he said. "We will either choose to act now or lose the choice to act at all." #rubio #athens #thumos #west #cspan

suckerpunched :

This is a campaign speech. He’s gonna run in 2028. This is part of the application process

ConservaRican_2 :

I love you Marco but I was like this during this speech 😴💤

user6142470435353 :

GREAT SPEECH

spirosmixailidis7 :

👏👏👏 from Greece 🇬🇷

TSIAPOURIS :

the future of mankind is a ancient greece

Mike☦️ :

i live in athens and you delayed my commute!!!!!!

Kennedy :

I wish folks could hear this.

michaelesperos :

Although I totally disagree with you sir in you politics and for your support of Trump, I have to thank you , as a Greek , for yor kind words for my country.

Ivan1969 :

i know you were born in the greatest country in the world, but am so proud as a cuban American of you and what you stand for WE CUBANS STAND WITH AMERICA, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE WORLD WHAT WE ARE ABOUT RUBIO2028 [Perfect score][Perfect score][Heartwarming][Heartwarming]

Maria🦋🌼 :

Excellent Speech & all true

Mario_fromhb :

omgosh...if this speech doesn't give you chills you ain't awake....

Bonnie :

Is this a warning or a prayer?

savemeabeer :

2028!!! He can bring us together

GreekMom3 :

Amazing speech! Bravo!

truthwillbetold08 :

Rubio for president 2028

BadSantaPrime :

Beautiful speech

user1576116920934 :

must be next president

G.I. JAKE 🇺🇸 :

Genuinely such an exquisite person

Mcguire89046 :

marco for prez

joshuaclopez :

I was stuck in traffic because of you

Sebastian :

Shows that he doesn’t understand, how history works

Scottishdriller3 :

I’ve held a long standing argument that our values do not come from religion but from the classics. Christianity adopted these principles

xenos.chrestos :

Perfection

NanaBanana :

user1576116920934 :

well done guy