House of Cards 6×4

Chapter 69

Petrov: Secretary Durant was from a time that's passed. Holbrooke, Albright... They knew how to have a good meal and some friendly conversation before diplomacy got ugly...

Petrov: I hear they have you on a short leash. How could you let that happen, Madam President? Now, when we're only moments away from crisis...

Jane: You know, in some cultures it occurs to them to actually honor the dead. Every seven years the Malagasy people exhume the bones, wrapping them in cloth, so they can dance with the bodies.

Petrov: Ah. 1945 Mouton-Rothschild. "V" label. Rothschild commissioned it to celebrate the Allied victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Usher: You mean World War II...

Petrov: ... Or... we can pull out a map of Syria, right here, right now. And you and I, like the imperialists we are, can decide who gets what. Shall we?...
Usher: I'll speak to the president.
Petrov: Whoever decides... is who you should speak to.

Doug: What more could I possibly add that you haven't already read?
Linda: There's what you read, and there's the truth.

Jane: The point is, is he is a greedy...
Usher: Motherfucker, yes.
Jane: And greedy motherfuckers always find out. He's relentless.

Jane: I know every angle Petrov will keep in play... He has a sixth sense when it comes to hesitation.

Linda: You thought you got away with it all, Claire. But that remains to be seen...
Claire: Everything happens exactly as it should.

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Jane: The only way to truly take them down is one piece at a time.

Claire: What do you think really happened to Cathy?
Jane: Oh... Okay. I guess you got lucky then.
Claire: No one is that lucky.

Petrov: If Secretary Durant were here, we'd be long past this posturing and dealing with the real question.
Usher: Yes, peace in the region.
Petrov: Peace? Really? You want to use peace to decide who will rebuild this pizdets?
Usher: I don't understand what that means, Mr. President.
Petrov: That means clusterfuck!

Petrov: So, here's what I want. The ports, yes, of course. But I also want Russian exclusivity on all offshore oil and gas exploration—

Petrov: If history has taught us anything, it's that the Americans always find a way to leave, no matter what it costs them. So...

Claire: Playing incompetent is so exhausting.

Usher: Well, I suggest you find a more convincing way of denying it. Because your inability to lie is a liability, right?

Claire: Why didn't you tell them I invited you? You didn't rat me out.
Petrov: You sound like a gangster, Madam President.

Petrov: Strange, hmm? Cathy passing away so soon after Francis. Death usually comes in threes...
Claire: Except when it comes in fours or fives.

Petrov: ...Maybe you are a gangster. And how will you... defend your position?
Claire: Peace. Isn't that what our two countries have used to justify what we've done in the region for over a hundred years?

Jane: Did you get taller?
Petrov: Yes.
Jane: So strange for someone trapped in a Napoleon complex.
Petrov: If only your personality matched your looks, Jane Davis.

Claire: One other thing. Tom Yates. Your government was behind whatever happened to him.

Claire: Presidents aren't allowed to be human. You have to choose. Power or love. That was very clear from the beginning.

Claire: Forgive me, Tom Yates. ... I'm killing you for the second time. One day, you'll rest in peace.

Claire: ...is that true?
Doug: Does it matter?
Claire: Well, if it's true, it explains a lot. If it's not... it explains a lot.

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