Friday, November 18, 2016
The White House Go behind the scenes with President Obama in Athens:
This week, President Obama got the chance to visit the Acropolis in Greece.
Watch the President reflect on standing at the birthplace of democracy during the final overseas trip of his presidency.
"One of the great joys of being the president is the ability to travel and see different cultures and meet different people. That’s important for our national security but it’s also important for us to understand ourselves and our place in the world.
"We’ve got
the Parthenon behind us, part of the Acropolis. It is here in Athens that so
many of our ideas about democracy, our notions of citizenship, our notions of
rule of law, began to develop.
"And so when
you visit a site like this not only are you getting a better understanding of
Greece and Western culture, but you’re also sending a signal of the continuity
that exists between what happened here, the speeches of Pericles, and what
happened with our Founding Fathers.
"And it’s a
very important role for the President of the United States to send a signal to
the world that their culture, their traditions, their heritage, their
monuments, are something of value, and are precious, and that we have learned
from them.
"Because what that does then is send a strong signal around the world that we view ourselves as part of a broader humanity and a community of nations that can work together to solve problems and lift up what’s best in humanity."Daily newsletter to you
Follow along with President Obama's trip to Greece, Germany, and Peru.
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