Secretary Rubio’s ability to first identify with the historic setting in which he was speaking and then pivot to tie that site directly to America was remarkable.
“The history of America, the history of my country, is covered with the fingerprints of antiquity. Greece is literally carved into the architecture of our government: in the towering columns, in the domes and the monuments across our capital city. The city where our Constitution was born – Philadelphia – is itself a Greek name."