#quoting
Quoting laws to men with swords is one of the most goddamn American things anyone can do.

What do you think the Declaration of Independence is, if not a group of men quoting laws and rights to a bully with guns and swords?
The Departments of State and Defense both saying "Stop quoting laws to MEN WITH SWORDS" is an affront our constitution, antithetical to a free society, and absolutely horrifying.
November 15, 2026 at 5:14 AM
re Hegseth: the whole enterprise of law is quoting law to men with swords. That’s what law is.
November 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
THE ENTIRE POINT OF DEMOCRACY IS QUOTING LAWS TO MEN WITH SWORDS, YOU NIHILISTIC 2-DIMENSIONAL CARTOON FUCKING FASCIST.
So two things about this tweet:

1) As per usual, Hegseth is an idiot who reveals he knows nothing about how laws work;

2) As per usual, Rubio, so often portrayed as the adult in the room, is the chief enabler of this lawlessness.
November 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I’m not exaggerating. This tweet alone is worthy of impeachment.
November 15, 2026 at 6:11 AM
“stop quoting laws to men with tersorium”
- Marco Rubio
While everyone out there panic buys toilet paper, let me introduce you to the Roman “tersorium-“ (poo wiping sponge on a stick)
November 14, 2026 at 10:40 AM
November 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
"stop quoting laws to men with sword" - man with no sword
November 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
The Departments of State and Defense both saying "Stop quoting laws to MEN WITH SWORDS" is an affront our constitution, antithetical to a free society, and absolutely horrifying.
November 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
November 14, 2026 at 3:12 AM
quoting a poll from 9 months ago!
November 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
He's one step away from approvingly quoting the Athenians in the Melian dialogue.
Rubio: “If the ICC are foolish enough to try to enforce their paper decrees on Americans, our answer will probably be the same as the Roman general Pompey when he said to those who were trying to invoke their city's charters against his legions: "Stop quoting laws to men with swords."”
November 14, 2026 at 12:33 PM
my friends keep quoting this to each other
November 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Yes. Stop quoting "stop quoting laws to men with swords."
The Departments of State and Defense both saying "Stop quoting laws to MEN WITH SWORDS" is an affront our constitution, antithetical to a free society, and absolutely horrifying.
November 15, 2026 at 5:20 AM
begging cis people to take the t-slur out of their goddamn mouths when quoting bigots

it's not your word to use and y'all having no problem rightfully censoring other slurs when quoting people but writing out this one says volumes about your comfortability in using that world
November 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Stop quoting laws, start quoting Liquid Swords.

Is this anything?
November 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
“Stop quoting laws to men with swords”
November 15, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Those are not scare quotes. They are quoting the protesters.
Putting “Fascist” in quotes when he’s attending “Remigration” conferences alongside the entire European extreme right is reaalllllly stretching it
“We are a college campus and we should allow people to come onto this campus, but when they are spewing hateful rhetoric and dangerous rhetoric that injures and harms people, that is not something that we should be standing for.”
November 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Maybe reporters should start quoting some of trump's threats to Blanche without mentioning names and see what his opinion is?
November 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Guys is it good when the Secretary of State is quoting Pompey
In his planned remarks for a speech at the Federalist Society tonight, Marco Rubio quotes Pompey, saying "Stop quoting laws to men with swords." Instead, the next Congress should roll back the sanctions Trump put on the ICC, argues @nancyokail.bsky.social thehill.com/opinion/inte...
Trump’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court undermine justice
The United States is not simply declining to uphold international law; it is imposing costs on others for attempting to uphold it.
thehill.com
November 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
“Quoting law to men with swords”
November 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Thank you, cerapio! 😊
(Sorry for quoting you!)
November 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
quoting so we can find this artist

cause i wanna know who this is too
November 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM
also can we talk about how these dudes love quoting guys who lost their wars and/or died horribly. it's Pompey, the Melian dialogue, Hitler, etc
Rubio: “If the ICC are foolish enough to try to enforce their paper decrees on Americans, our answer will probably be the same as the Roman general Pompey when he said to those who were trying to invoke their city's charters against his legions: "Stop quoting laws to men with swords."”
November 14, 2026 at 5:51 AM
they're quoting the number of error reports lol
November 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Reverse double entendre by air quoting the sex words
November 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM