<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Classical statecraft never assumed that a worthy... > Classical statecraft never assumed that a worthy ideal could defend itself without power. Rubio joined prudence and diplomacy to the credible capacity to use force, describing the combination as an inheritance the administration seeks to reclaim. The question of custody at Athens therefore belongs to strategic reality as well as philosophical memory: a guardian must be able to sustain alliances, secure infrastructure, and defend the conditions under which an inheritance remains available. Ancient symbols gain a future through institutions capable of remaining present when they are needed. **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 ``` “Classical statecraft never assumed that a worthy ideal could defend itself without power. Rubio joined prudence and diplomacy to the credible capacity to use force, describing the combination as an inheritance the administration seeks to reclaim. The question of custody at Athens therefore belongs to strategic reality as well as philosophical memory: a guardian must be able to sustain alliances, secure infrastructure, and defend the conditions under which an inheritance remains available. Ancient symbols gain a future through institutions capable of remaining present when they are needed.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-classical-statecraft-never-remaining-present-needed ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->