Rubio Goes Full Greek In Athens

Marco Rubio just gave the most important speech given by a U.S. politician, or anyone, in our lifetimes.

Christopher Chantrill | October 13, 2026

On October 7, 2026, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood in front of what’s left of the Parthenon in Athens -- after the Brits helped themselves to the Elgin Marbles -- and gave a speech as the sun set, as it has done every day since the dawn of time, on the Acropolis.

The State Department labeled his speech as “Secretary Rubio’s Remarks from the Acropolis,” but I experienced the speech as one of the most important given by a U.S. politician, or anyone, in our lifetimes.

Marco told the story of America, from its origins in classical Greece up to the present, and then he delivered a challenge for the future.

Too often these days, we build downwards. We design our standards to ensure no one will lose; we preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best.  We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average, the ordinary, the mediocre.

Too often these days, we build downwards. We design our standards to ensure no one will lose; we preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best.  We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average, the ordinary, the mediocre.

He’s talking about you, dear liberal friends, and he is politely telling you that you are outta here. Because:

The men who made the Parthenon, they built upwards. They held that the highest and most noble aspiration in life was to surpass all others, to strive to be the best in all things.

The men who made the Parthenon, they built........

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