<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # America's need for Athens is as serious as... > America's need for Athens is as serious as Greece's need for capable partners. The republic's political vocabulary, classical architecture, habits of public argument, and confidence in inquiry have carried Greek influence into an American form. {{America does not need the Acropolis as a trophy. It needs Athens as part of its own creation story, because a nation that forgets the sources of its self-understanding eventually forgets what its power is for.}} [[reminders/Neo-Westernism/America Needs Athens to Understand Its Own Power by Bryant McGill|∴]] A country cannot responsibly transmit a civilizational inheritance while pretending that its own symbols have no ancestors. **Source:** [[articles/America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity|America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “America's need for Athens is as serious as Greece's need for capable partners. The republic's political vocabulary, classical architecture, habits of public argument, and confidence in inquiry have carried Greek influence into an American form. America does not need the Acropolis as a trophy. It needs Athens as part of its own creation story, because a nation that forgets the sources of its self-understanding eventually forgets what its power is for. ∴ A country cannot responsibly transmit a civilizational inheritance while pretending that its own symbols have no ancestors.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-americas-need-athens-symbols-no-ancestors ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->