House of Cards 6×8

Chapter 73

Doug: Never button the bottom.

Claire: I feel for the man, I do. But Doug Stamper will never be the one to lead us to the truth.

Claire: I swear on his unborn child.

Walter: Oh, Claire, my calling is a practical one. I don't judge. I don't question. I simply work for the highest bidder... I'm agnostic, but this virtual landscape is new to me...

Claire: Oh, you guys. I really didn't wanna have to have to do this, but...

Maria: Madam President, all due respect...
Claire: Maria, I know you're new to this, but please don't ever use that expression with me. "All due respect" means precisely the opposite.

Claire: I couldn't sleep last night. For obvious national security reasons, of course, but... also because the baby kept me awake.

Claire: ...the word "misogynist" popped into my mind. And I was trying to think of the word for the opposite. You know, the word for when a person hates men. Does anyone around this table know that word is?.. The word for when a person hates men?.. Anybody?... I had to go and look it up. "Misandrist." And no one really knows that word because it's not used in our culture.

Claire: Maybe we all, regardless of our gender, would do well to examine the pre-conceived notions that we have about who can and cannot act as Commander In Chief.

Seth: There you go. They're from a place called the Federalist Pig.

Petrov: I'll have my people, the GRU, take it from here.
Claire: No, you won't.
Petrov: Look, Claire, just... worry about having your baby now.
Claire: I've always been entertained by your arrogance. It's like watching some movie, just out of date.

Petrov: If you drop an atom bomb...

Claire: It's time for me to treat you all like the adults you are. The truth is...

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Claire: I'm not the only one who's in danger. No one's safe. Not really. Not ever.

Bill: Francis was a son of a bitch. But he was a talented son of a bitch. He saw her coming. He just couldn't stop himself. Or her.

Claire: Let's not give them what they want. Fuck them all.

Claire: He was always three steps ahead, wasn't he?
Doug: Maybe he still is...

Claire: So tired of talking about Francis...

Seth: Fuck 'em all. What about the two of us? We just leave. Where do you wanna go?

Doug: Seth... It's not going to go like you think.

Petrov: ... Think how the world will judge you.
Claire: As if you have any credibility with the world stage!

Janine: I am not going to stop. And I don't know when it will be or how. But I am going to finish this godforsaken story, okay?

Bill: ... There, see? They all have one thing in common. Children watching, waiting for the cards to fall.

Annette: If you're leaving... leave.

Doug: What are you going to call her?
Claire: I haven't decided yet. What do you think?
Doug: Frances Underwood. Frances with an "e."

Doug: I had to protect the legacy from the man...

Claire: It's all right, Doug. Everything is gonna be all right... It's all gonna be all right..... There. No more pain.

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Chapter 72

Doug: There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong. Or useless pain... the sort of pain that's only suffering.

Claire: ... Now, my purpose is to elevate America, fight for America, and if it ever came to it, die for America. I will be father, mother, leader and friend. Thank you so much.

Claire: This is grounds for prosecution, Nora.
Nora: Yes, maybe. But the US Attorney would argue...
Claire: Replace the US Attorney. She's been dragging her feet on this for months.
Nora: Ma'am, we still live in a world of due process. That would send a chilling message...
Claire: The message is we need to protect our democracy!

Claire: Such a strange feeling. To be wholly responsible for the life of another. Also, I hear, when you have kids, you never... sleep quite the same again.
Janine: There are two kinds of pain...

Petrov: I'm sad to say, but there is a Russian troll factory that has begun to manipulate your husband's accomplishments...

Petrov: We have unfortunately entered an era where our digital truths are vulnerable.

Petrov: History belongs to the highest bidder now...

Reed: He never stops talking. Every time I see that guy, his mouth is running.
Claire: Because he always has an audience and you never know what he's going to say.

Reed: Claire Hale... What do you want?
Claire: ... I want... every door to be wide open and stay that way.

Claire: Hi, Francis, it's me... I'm five minutes away.

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Annette: Hello?...
Claire: You fucking cunt. It's a girl.

Doug: After all this time. All these years together. Everything that we did for Frank. .... Are you seriously telling me, you're gonna choose her?
Nathan: Literally, all I care about is getting out of this alive.

Congressman Cole: No Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached.
Claire: The good Justice Abruzzo wouldn't want to be the first then, would he?
Congressman Cole: Justice Abruzzo... is black.
Claire: Which makes this all the more... There's that word again, tragic.

Claire: Oh. I don't judge, Justice Abruzzo... I'll correct that. Except for mendacity. That I can't support.

Melody Cruz: Nazi-like tactics? You bring up Nazis in any situation other than the Second World War, you've already lost the argument.

Seth: She's polling in the high 70s. We're looking at close to 80 by the midterms.
Annette: She's weaponized her feminism, and it's grown tiresome. "I'm a mother, I'm a general." Spare me. Anyone that popular is bad for democracy.

Annette: And what about all the conspiracy nonsense we'll be hearing?
Seth: The theories are a useful distraction. And eventually, they consume themselves.

Usher: There's one hiccup. It's a big one. She's with child. That is a variable we don't know how to account for in our models or predict.
Annette: We use it. Play into it. We'll make her a martyr. A victim of the times. A feminist icon. God, she might even end up on a coin.

Claire: This is my house, and I want you out.

Janine: It was the same thing Lucas was working on and Zoe before that. Always with the same problem, no one will believe it.

Melody: And what does the prospect of becoming a mother, while being the leader of the free world, feel like?
Claire: Bittersweet.

Claire: If I've learned anything from partnerships, you have to choose someone who'd take a bullet for you.

Claire: Come and get me, Doug.

Doug: She leaves me no choice.

Claire: ... If you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream!

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House of Cards 6×6

Chapter 71

Jennifer Baumgarten: ...And as far as the Justice Department is concerned, I share the president's commitment to cleaning house.

Usher: ...And the Russians and me, it's preposterous. Look, the president and I agree the best way to find out who's behind these accusations is to appoint a special prosecutor. And let him or her do her job.

Agent: If you're hungry or thirsty...
Jane: Angry. Tired. Frustrated.

Claire: Nobody knows what you said or didn't say while in captivity.
Jane: I didn't say, Claire—
Claire: Madam President.

Claire: Well, the people that know us best, know best how to hurt us.

Jane: President Underwood...
Claire: Actually, I've gone back to "Hale."

Congressman Cole: All roads lead to Rome, you know? And Annette and Bill are Rome.

Bill: Humidity in this town, my God, makes you feel like you're living inside the mouth of a dog, doesn't it?

Bill: You're like the guy who finds $999,000 and says "Yeah, but it isn't a million."

Jane: Forgive me, but why is your timing always off?

Usher: I tried to get you out.
Jane: Out. What a quaint concept. When the only way out was never to get in in the first place.

Claire: Right now? Nothing, really. Just planning for the future...

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Claire: I can't think about it. I won't think about it.

Annette: Even if there isn't an ounce of truth to it. Mark, you're the face of this whole Russia fiasco. It's bad for the country. It's bad for Bill and me.

Claire: How's the Bureau feeling about the latest revelations when it comes to Mark Usher?
Nathan Green: It's difficult when all the evidence is coming from Russian intelligence... But we have to follow every lead.

Jane: There was a troubled young woman...
Claire: I wonder why so many stories have to begin that way.

Claire: I've noticed that you always adjust your hair right before you tell a lie...

Jane: Machiavelli died in exile. Boss Tweed made a deal with the governor, but in the end, was never released... And Nixon was a prisoner of his past till the day he died. All men who had no idea how to walk away.

Doug: It's not a just world, Tom. But sometimes you have the chance to make the right person pay, even if it's for the wrong crime.

Doug: Tom. I am never going to tell you that Francis killed the three of them, Zoe, Russo and LeAnn. But you already know the truth.
Tom: Yes. Yes, I do.

Claire: It's important to be organized and ruthless. Three piles, I always say. The stuff you wanna keep. The stuff you might need later that you put in storage. And the stuff you have to destroy. .... I almost forgot. There's always a fourth pile. The stuff you don't know what to do with.

Claire: ...And to tell you the truth... maybe he was a better wife to Francis.

Bill: He's not one of us.

Doug: You don't belong here.

Claire: I'm not going to be told what to do anymore, Doug. Not by you or anyone or any man, ever, ever again.

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House of Cards 6×5

Chapter 70

Claire: I'm gonna be dead, you're gonna be dead. They're all gonna be dead. Everybody.

Congresswoman: She's the head of my party, and I have to say, I'm at a loss...

ABC Anchor: Sean Jeffries, the press secretary, has resigned. And there are probably more departures to come...

CNN Anchor: I don't know about depressed. You know, she looks either very disturbed, or depressed...

Melody Cruz: Now we're not here to diagnose, but you look at this, and you need to ask. On behalf of our country, that woman undid 30 years of foreign policy by acting like, pardon my French, a... #$#$#$

Melody Cruz: Seriously, I think she might be the worst thing that has ever happened to this country.

Claire: It's actually not as easy as it looks. See, in order for me to make that face, I have to imagine... the perfect combination of things. Here's the recipe. First, I have to think about all the ways in which men have tried to manage me my whole life. Then, I think of... America's worst fear... when it comes to a female in the Oval Office. And finally... my biggest regret... Francis J. Underwood.

Claire: Don't worry. I have a plan.

Annette: My God, Mark. I mean, really. There are other ways.
Usher: Okay, so we're talking about impeachment or a congressional government?
Bill: 25th Amendment, Section 4.
Usher: Which has never been used.
Annette: It's built for speed, intended to smother a crisis of confidence. Reassure the public. Reassure the world
that continuity remains at the American government, even if a president becomes...
Bill:Unable to fulfill his duties.
Annette: Her duties.

Usher: Look, we're all patriots here. Our first concern, our only concern, has got to be... the survival of our nation.

Doug: Well, I guess it's true what they say. That shrinks are the most fucked up of all.

Doug: Violence is a funny thing. You know, it's not so much the physical pain that victims can remember. It's the feelings around it. The fear.

Jane: And now what? What do you call this show? How to turn 323 million people against you in three short weeks?.. Congratulations, Claire. You've become a problem for everybody.

Kelsey: Well, firstly, I would refrain from using the word "show," when it comes to the White House. And... yeah. That's all for today.

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Usher: Madam President, it's beyond repair. You understand that, at this point?... You've lost the Hill. You've lost your cabinet. You've lost the country. You've lost. Your own party can't even find a reason to support you.

Usher: Language can be found, but the best you can hope for now... is a dignified exit.

Claire: No, Mark. I'm staying right where I am.

Doug: Whoever killed him will get what she or he deserves.

Bill: Hell is truth seen too late.
Hank: Did you say that?
Bill: Thomas Hobbes.

Duncan: It's possible to make the memory of a person disappear. Digitally. Move them far into the background, anyways. There are ways. Algorithms...

Bill: Such stunning stupidity... This towel is smarter than you. This window is smarter than you. This rug is smarter than you. Hello, Seth... Seth is smarter than you!

Bill: But you don't know how it's gonna play!... It could backfire. Get her sympathy. The narrative can't be controlled...

Claire: The truth is, Kelsey... the Russians killed Tom... and Mark Usher covered it up.

Claire: ...And in a private moment, he told you about his suspicions regarding Mark Usher and his collusion with Russia...

Claire: You and I, as women, we have to fight back. I need you by my side.

Claire: ...And gather all of your things. Every single cabinet member in this room is dismissed. You're all fired. Escort them out.

Durant: Now, then... I hereby swear that everything I'm about to say is the truth...

Annette: Nobody can keep their mouths shut these days. Not even to-the-death secrets are safe.

Claire: I want to show you something. Come with me... Meet my new cabinet... I just wanted to see your face.

Claire: I am looking forward to building a new America together and our work begins today. Now, if you could all place your left hand on the Constitution in front of you. And repeat after me: I do solemnly swear.... to take no prisoners.

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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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House of Cards 6×3

Chapter 68

Claire: I can tell you something... Once you identify the degree to which you are boxed in, you'll see how liberating it is.

Bill: City... FDR turned this place into a city. With his agencies and armies of clerks. All the professors that followed. Before the war, this was just a small Southern town. One built of marble, yeah, but just a... small town sitting on a swamp. Place to visit. Place to... protect the Republic. Secure States' rights. That's not what it is today. Some top-down money grab for bureaucrats, lobbyists and the entire Democratic party.
Annette: You've always been more Teddy.
Bill: Than that traitor pig Franklin?

Annette: She'll play along. We'll make sure of it...

Claire: Do you know the last thing he said to me? "Promise me you and Doug will take care of each other..."

Claire: I'm afraid I can't help you.
Nasser: No... you can't.

Doug: I don't know, maybe it's a curse to know what people fear...

Congressman Cole: Shit. It was stupid.
Doug: Well... it's only stupid if you can't make it go away.

Dayna: ...keep writing.
Hammerschmidt: So they can turn it into a 140 characters for clickbait? We don't write anymore, we come up with feed for the trough!

Hammerschmidt: Why don't we write about how Gardner Analytics is buying up television stations and some of the greatest papers in this country? "Analytics." Oh, my God! What the fuck does that even mean?!

Hammerschmidt: If you're talking about manufacturing evidence, Mr. Shepherd, I'm not interested.
Duncan: Beg to differ. And spare me the seasoned journalist routine, please. Your 30 years in the business. I've spoken to your old assistant, Angela. She's written a piece about her time with you. I could run it, or... ...
Hammerschmidt: Hmm.
Duncan: Think about it. Men your age, they unravel very easily these days.

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Duncan: Your dogged pursuit of Frank Underwood, pardon the pun, is now your pursuit of his bride...

Jane: Sorry I missed the funeral. Were there psalms?
Claire: Number 42.
Jane: I love 42.

Jane: I detect pain in your eyes, Madam President. As a deer longs for streams of water...
Claire: So I long for you, God.
Jane: Do you miss him?
Claire: God? Always.

Annette: Fuck autonomy. She serves at our pleasure.

Annette: Bill wants a majority on the court...

Claire: I guess this is where we part ways, Doug.

Doug: You know what the last thing he said to me was?... "I can't imagine a world with only one of you in it."

Claire: There comes a point in every relationship where you wonder, "Are you with me?" Are you?

Jane: Oh, Cathy. Once the decision is made, you can't escape. Maybe it won't happen today, but... someday, someday, I'm afraid.

Usher: You should go with Abruzzo. We could get beaten up in the midterms if the wrong signals are sent... It's the way to be a two-term president.

Claire: The Supreme Court. This is a choice that outlives any presidency.
Annette: Exactly.
Claire: But also part of what defines a presidency.
Annette: Of course.

Claire: The decision has to be mine, Annie.

Claire: Do you remember how much fun we used to have, before we understood the rules?...

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House of Cards 6×2

Chapter 67

Claire: Keep the phone away from your mouth while you’re thinking, Governor...

Claire: I promised myself I wouldn't be like him... But he handed me over to them like a shaker of salt and now they won't let go. This is a wound of their own making.

Claire: No one should ever feel unsafe. In her own home.

Elizabeth: It's time she learned about the world. Pretty girls have a responsibility to their beauty. I’ll bet she dared those boys! Shame on her. Why can't you just do as you're told?

Annette: She can’t decide if she’s Lady Macbeth or Macbeth.

Seth: Essentially they’re handing over their phones, which as you know, is basically an extension of the self at this point. Duncan calls them "the sarcophagi of our souls." We’ll be crawling peoples’ phones. You get to decide what people see and when.

Bill: You respected him. Did you fear him?
Seth: Yes. But you always knew where you stood with him.
Bill: And her?
Seth: You never know.

Annette: He was a good kisser, I’ll say that. But then the rest... was so underwhelming.

Claire: And this is where I tell you to shut your mouth, Annette.

Bill: "To the dead, a kingdom means nothing. They have their requiem and eternity." That's Macbeth. The opera, not the play.

Claire: The reign of the middle-aged white man is over. The Bill Shepherds of the world who won’t let go, have to go.

Claire: We can do whatever we want, Doug...

Claire: I need to bury Francis, once and for all.

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Chapter 66

Rick: Lot of threats involving the C-word, ma'am. Lots and lots of the C-word, unfortunately.
Claire: .... You mean Claire?
Rick: It's a long list.

Claire: By how much?
Usher: There are roughly four times as many threats on any given day since you took office. Now it's twice that since Francis died.

Claire: I thought everyone loves a widow.
Usher: Not if she's also Commander-in-Chief, I guess.

Claire: The first female president of the United States is not gonna keep her mouth shut on the Fourth of fucking July.

Claire: It's not true what he told you all those years ago... That there are two kinds, useful and useless. There's only one kind... Pain is pain.

Claire: Francis... I'm done with you.

Doug: He wanted to be buried in Arlington. Not next to his father.
Seth: That's not what his wife said.

Doug: Everyone has problems, Seth. Especially the ones who think they don't.

Bill: Tell me. I wanna know. What's your mission? I wanna know what your platform is.
Claire: ... I know you'd like to drown DC all at once. But I'm gonna tell you right now, I cannot let that happen. I still believe in government and its ability to make the everyday lives of its citizens better.

Claire: You don't wanna support my slate, that's fine. All I ask is stay out of the way.

Bill: There's a bill sitting on your desk. A bill that took years... and money to get passed. You sign that... and I know I got a friend in the White House. If not... then I don't.

Claire: Why back him now?
Bill: Because he gave us you.

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Annette: Do you know what the hardest color to make is?
Claire: Red?
Annette: No, red's easy. White's easy. It's blue. Very tricky chemistry involving copper and heat. A truly bright blue is extremely elusive.

Claire: Whatever Francis promised or did... is buried with him.

Annette: Hon... be patient.

Claire: Are you still there?... Do you miss Francis?...

Claire: Here's the thing... Whatever Francis told you the last five years, don't believe a word of it.

Claire: It's going to be different for you and me. I'm going to tell you the truth...

Claire: I actually hate "Madam." Makes me sound like I'm running a brothel and not a country.

Claire: Would you have asked me that if I were a man?

Claire: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy. Successful assassinations, total of four. The attempts... Nine? Jackson, both Roosevelts. Truman. Ford twice. Reagan... the first Underwood and...

Claire: Whoever tried to kill me, perversely, it's the first sign of real respect I've gotten in 100 days.

Doug: Everybody works for somebody... I worked for a man who refused to fail.

Claire: I know. You want to know what really happened to him... A man like Francis doesn't just die. That would be... what's the word? "Convenient."

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House of Cards 5×13

Chapter 65

& Underwood: Rochelle... Rochelle. Such a lovely name.

& Underwood: I created this confusion in order to take advantage of it. Everything that has happened... was planned.
    Claire: Since... when?
    Underwood: Since before Elysian Fields.

& Underwood: Where does the real power lie? The power behind the power... I understood, Claire, that we have to think and act differently than we ever have. Because it’s no longer about who lives in the White House... it’s about who owns the White House.

& Claire: This is the presidency. How much higher can a politician go?
    Underwood: The real power isn’t here. It’s beyond here. It’s above it, but still working in conjunction with it.

& Underwood: Look, Claire, you and I have always been on the inside. Trapped. In the bubble. But going forward... with my operating on the outside, in the private sector, and you working from here... we can own this house together.

& Underwood: Don’t you see? I’ve designed this.

& Underwood: I wanted you to be the president. I’ve made you the president.
    Claire: Am I supposed to say thank you?
    Underwood: No. But you will have to pardon me. Pardon me for all of my crimes.

& Underwood: Claire, when you bring yourself down before someone else can, you control the way it happens. This was the only path to get us to this moment where you and I can own it all.

& Hammerschmidt: This is what you wanted? A job in a corrupt administration? Presidency in ruin?
    Sean: I’m in the White House. Not out there, wondering what it’s like in here.
    Hammerschmidt: Not for long.
    Sean: Once you’re in, you’re in. It’s the American way.

& Seth: Slàinte mhath. That’s Scottish Gaelic. It means «good health.» My father’s kind of obsessed.

& Claire: Have we ever had a drink together?
    Seth: Never.

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& Underwood: Admit it. This is what you want. You were willing to kill for it. So, Claire, come and take it... before I take it back.
    Claire: ..... We’ll find the most strategic time and place. But I will pardon you, Francis.

& Romero: ...History. By the end of the day, the country will have its first woman president.

& Claire: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States... So help me God.
    Underwood: Here we are again.

& Underwood: You know, if you ignore all the pomp and circumstance, the most perverse thing is I actually believe in the presidency. Its importance. What it means around the world, even symbolically. But I believe in power even more. For its own sake.
    Gore Vidal once wrote that power is an end to itself, and the instinctive urge to prevail... the most important single human trait.
    I’ve always told myself that everything I did was for her. But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe I love power more.

& Davis: Surface-to-surface missiles delivered sarin at about three o’clock in the morning, our time. Moscow has already issued a statement condemning the rebels for orchestrating the attack on themselves.
    Claire: And did they?
    Davis: Of course not. Petrov will use this to justify air strikes. I’d like to show you an image...

& Davis: You know... I was here before you and I’ll be here after you.
    Underwood: And regardless of that, let me remind you... that nothing is more dangerous than me.

& Underwood: Be strong, Claire. Go to war.

& Claire: Who are you to me?
    Davis: Who do you want me to be?

& Davis: Pardoning or not pardoning your husband, in either case, he’s a liability. If it’s not treated properly... your husband’s liver could fail him at any time. It’s not the kind of thing I could do. But I could find someone, or... I... I don’t know if you realize, but... even something like gelsemium can be lethal in higher doses.

& Doug: I did it. Let’s get going.

& Underwood: Then LeAnn’s job is done.

& Underwood: And the body?
    Usher: It’s on ice.

& Underwood: You’ll recover. You’re the most powerful woman in the world, Claire. Comfort pales by comparison.

& Claire: I’ll announce it during the speech, after the troops. A full and unconditional pardon... for Francis Underwood and any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president.

& Underwood: Oh, and one word of advice. Whomever Usher offers up to you as vice president, that’s the person that you’re really gonna have to watch.
    Claire: I won’t choose anyone I can’t manage.

& Underwood: Sometimes you don’t have to watch the whole movie to know how it ends.

& Usher: We have our generals, which is good. Some corporate types, outsiders. Make you seem like a renegade...

& Usher: ... It is the way to keep you in power. And keep your secrets.

& Claire: ...Now, history judges every leader, every president, by how he or she treats his or her own people. A regime that would target hospitals, refugee camps, schools or bread lines in order to retain power must be confronted. A leader that would sacrifice the physical and emotional well-being of his citizens, that would treat his people as pawns, just to stay in power? Well... that leader needs to be stopped.

& Underwood: If she doesn’t pardon me... I’ll kill her.

& Claire: My turn.

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Chapter 64

& Underwood: Help! Help! The secretary has fallen!

& Danny: You’ve been around a long time. Nobody tells you how to vote. They just tell you what happens if you don’t go their way... Oil’s at $50 a barrel. Nobody’s happy with that.

& Underwood: Peace. That’s our goal. And through peace, we must find a different way forward... Colonel Ismat is the leader of the Democratic faction, dedicated to freeing the Syrian people....

& Underwood: ...If it is determined that chemical or biological weapons have been used in the Syrian conflict, then from this moment forward, the United States will be morally obligated to intervene. So, the Syrian president should consider himself on notice.

& Davis: Gelsemium. For migraines. I get them all the time. It comes out of China. But don’t worry, it’s herbal. You have to be careful of the dosing, though. Just two drops...

& Clarie: You know, it’s pure feeling for me. Light versus dark. And that line where they meet.

& Clarie: So where does that leave Colonel Ismat and the Syrian people?
    Davis: Alive... once we’re on the ground.
    Clarie: Yes, but Russia was invited in. We need cause.
    Davis: The Syrian president has gassed civilians. He will again. I can guarantee it. Colonel Ismat will make sure of it. He’ll instigate an attack from the regime. We put troops on the ground, leave ICO resources alone... and Nasser will make sure they cooperate.

& Green: Fact? Really? Is that what it is?
    Doug: If it sounds like a fact, then it is a fact. ...
    Green: You know the rest of the bureau is done with the president.
    Doug: I’m not talking to them. I’m talking to you.
    Green: They’ve looked the other way, but for how much longer? Doug... he’s done.

& Underwood: Oh, Doug... Poor Doug.
    Clarie: Yes.
    Underwood: He’s an unlucky person.
    Clarie: Always has been.

---

& Hammerschmidt: I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I try to imagine what it’s like inside his mind, what I would do if I were him. And I’m telling you, it is all sorts of... He has no ideology. No North Star. Isn’t that the scariest thing of all?

& Angela: You can’t get anything off the phone Zoe died with.
    Hammerschmidt: They just need to believe we can.
    Angela: What is this job?
    Hammerschmidt: Not what it used to be.

& Underwood: How could you be so stupid... to fall in love?

& Yates: ...you said you were murderers. He said you were survivors.

& Davis: The money’s not with him, Mark. The... the Koch brother types, Wall Street, oil and gas... Even labor’s walking out on him.
    Usher: He’s more resourceful than you think. He’s done a lot without money, okay? ....
    Davis: I don’t want him to be president. The country needs a change.

& Green: ... No. And I’d like to point out that I’m proud to be representing the men and women of the FBI here today, who conducted that investigation as they always do in a competent, honest, and independent way, in the finest tradition of the FBI.
    Romero: Did they?
    Green: Our people did their job. And it’s unthinkable to assume the FBI would involve itself in an election.

& Davis: I... I don’t appreciate being the one to tell you this, but... your presidency is beyond repair.
    Underwood: You don’t know what I’m going to do next. Isn’t that it? Isn’t that what really bothers you?

& Underwood: Make me an offer, Ms. Davis. What is she worth to you?
    Davis: A lot.

& Underwood: I have agreed to appear before this committee today... because... I’m guilty. ....

& Underwood: You accused me of pay to play... And so I accuse you of exactly the same. I also accuse you of playing politics only when it suits you. You’re all being paid. You’re all serving some master. Each and every one of you, and you know I know that for a fact. You, for example, Congressman Romero...

& Underwood: Oh, don’t deny it. You’ve loved it. You don’t actually need me to stand for anything. You just need me to stand. To be the strong man. The man of action.
    My God, you’re addicted to action and slogans. It doesn’t matter what I say. It doesn’t matter what I do. Just as long as I’m doing something, you’re happy to be along for the ride. And frankly, I don’t blame you. With all the foolishness and indecision in your lives, why not a man like me?
    I don’t apologize. In the end, I don’t care whether you love me or you hate me, just as long as I win.
    The deck is stacked. The rules are rigged. Welcome to the death of the Age of Reason. There is no right or wrong. Not anymore. There’s only being in... and then being out.

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Chapter 63

& MSNBC Host: If Underwood is impeached, then.... Tom, where would impeachment leave Vice President Claire Underwood?
    Hammerschmidt: In the Oval, as president. What their arrangement would be, in that case, is anybody’s guess...

& Claire: The people want to forgive you. Let them.

& Eric: Your legacy won’t die. It’ll be solidified. You’ll be infamous.
    Underwood: Legacy and infamy are not the same thing.
    Eric: You’ll be remembered. Who cares why?

& Claire: Just to be clear, it’s not that I haven’t always known you were there. It’s that I have mixed feelings about you. I question your intentions... and I’m ambivalent about attention. But don’t take it personally... It’s how I feel about most everybody.

& Romero: Well, as of this morning, I’m officially an independent. ... Four years from now, I think an outsider’s what the voter will be looking for.
    Usher: Yeah, third-party candidate is the future, and always will be.

& Underwood: You know people. You know them for years. And then... suddenly they’re like strangers in your kitchen... Familiar can turn foreign on a dime.

---

& Claire: You have to go... You need to leave... There’s just no place for you here anymore.

& Underwood: Were the men before us any more moral? Any more worthy of the power and position that they had found themselves in? Any more capable of doing a single goddamn thing for the public? Well, yes and no. History has a way of looking better than it was. Or perhaps Shakespeare was right... We’re all just madmen leading the blind.

& Doug: I understand if you think I’m a monster. But I’d do it again. To save the president, I’d do anything.

& Laura: I’m not fucking you because I like you. I’m fucking you because I hate you.

& Doug: Who was he to you?

& Underwood: Maybe he’s just happy...
    Claire: Happiness isn’t my concern. Not now, not ever.

& Seth: That won’t play. She’ll look uninformed, and the people know she isn’t.
    Usher: Oh, the distance will help her look innocent.
    Claire: Innocent, guilty, capable, incompetent, whatever it is... the public is going to think the opposite. So, really there is no winning.

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Chapter 62

& Usher: She’s testifying ’cause she doesn’t want to go to jail. Which is the only reason anyone testifies.

& Romero: No, I always walk the final 50 yards. Never know when you might get a chance to press some flesh... Hi, I’m Alex Romero. I represent the Seventh District of Arizona. I want to know what keeps you up at night so I can work all day to address it. The future belongs to all of us. I hope I can count on your support. What do you think, Mark? Huh? I mean, you’re the expert.

& Underwood: I go on being presidential. That’s the only way that I can deal with this. It’s my first 100 days, for God’s sake!

& Underwood: There aren’t enough Ahmadis in the world. Not for all we’ve done.

& Davis: I’m in the Hoover Building. It’s the ugliest building in... in the city. I close my eyes as I walk in. Stop by any time. Especially if you’re in the mood to talk. We could use someone who says as little as you do.

& Davis: ...as I explained, Syria is like a different country one day to the next.
    Underwood: Yes, well, you can thank Viktor Petrov for that.
    Davis: Oh, I do.

& Davis: I just want peace...
    Underwood: Yes, there’s nothing that makes profits like peace.
    Davis: And nothing makes peace like profits.

& Davis: Mr. President, may I be blunt?... There’s going to be a gas attack happening in the city of Homs. If you were to, let us say, draw a line in the sand... and if this tragic attack were to happen... the US government would have to send in an additional 30,000 or so soldiers. To protect the oil lines, to keep Petrov from getting into Damascus. And, of course, to protect the people.

---

& Davis: ... But once he’s done with you... it’s as if a switch gets turned off.

& Usher: ... But she is merciless. Single-minded as a single mind can be.

& Claire: Sarin gas. Mostly against civilians in suburban areas of Homs.
    Underwood: We’re dealing with animals here.
    Claire: It’s horrifying.

& Durant: But if we know this is going to happen, well, then why aren’t we stopping it before it does?
    Claire: .... Francis held on to your resignation letter. And he wants to tear it up...

& Usher: Did you have a good time?
    Davis: I never do at those things anymore.
    Usher: Necessary evils.
    Davis: It’s not like the old days, when you used to meet surprising people.
    Usher: Uh... did people get less surprising or are we less easily surprised?
    Davis: Well, exactly.

& Usher: He could be a great president...
    Davis: But does he want to be? And what is great? And then there’s her...
    Usher: What about her? What about her?

& Davis: I can help you get what you want. If you tell me what it is. I enjoy helping others...
    Claire: I think you know what I want.
    Davis: Yes... But do you want it now or in four years?

& Underwood: «Beware entangling alliances,» Mr. President. You know, that quote is often attributed to Washington, but it was actually Jefferson who said it.

& Claire: There has to be a way out, Francis.
    Underwood: Does there? Is there? Or is this my presidency? Forever with a target on my back...

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Chapter 61

& Underwood: You don’t have to say the words, Governor.
    Conway: I think I do... Congratulations, Mr. President Elect.

& Underwood: Acknowledging defeat is never easy. Doing it in public is a living hell.

& Claire: Victory.
    Underwood: With a whiff of defeat.
    Claire: It’s taken a long time to get here, but we’re here. Cheers, Francis. Everything gets easier from now on.

& Usher: Listen, you lost. But more than half the country still considers you their president... This is what’s required. Go down there, give your speech... Concede.

& Underwood: I would like to make my first 100 days as the duly elected president as productive as possible. Of course, there are many challenges..... But the biggest challenge that we face, and the one that I’m going to need all of your help on, is reuniting a country that has never been more divided than it is today...

& Underwood: We have a full term ahead of us. There’s gonna be a great deal that we’re gonna be able to accomplish, the three of us.
    Doug: I appreciate that, sir. But Mark Usher will become a problem.
    Underwood: Well, everyone... becomes a problem, eventually.

& Eric: Where does it go from there? What do you say?
    Underwood: Uh, uh... «America, I hear you. Whether you voted for me or not, I hear all of you.»

& Petrov: You’ll tell her how you manipulated the American mood, hmm? How you helped steal an election.
    Macallan: That would be it for me.
    Petrov: You’re a valued guest of the Russian state...

& Petrov: This will make you famous, hmm? A whistle-blower...
    Macallan: I don’t wanna be famous.
    Petrov: But you do want to be free.

& Womack: This is how it starts... You know, Doug... you and I, we’ve been around long enough to see the guard change. And it changes because the people at the top forget how they got there. Romero’s trying to change the guard, Doug. And we are the guard...

& Doug: What is it that you really want?

---

& Usher: Look... I’m just here to make sure your four years turn into eight, but... it’s up to you, of course. But we’re talking about two seats... one line...
    &Underwood: Give him what he wants.

& Underwood: The office of Pres...
        Yes, here we go again. Secretary of State. That’s what I wanted. That’s all I wanted. That’s what I was promised. And now, here I am, President of these United States.
        You made this bed, America. You voted for me. Are you confused? Are you afraid? Because what you thought you wanted is now here. And there you are, staring back, slack-jawed, bewildered, wondering if this is what you actually asked for.
        This democracy, your democracy, elected me. And if you think it was hard getting here, you’re beginning to understand what I’m willing to do to stay.
        I look across at this crowd gathered today and I know that these are not my supporters. I’m looking at people who are waiting, with a smile on their face, for their turn. And the most vicious among them are the ones who are smiling and clapping the hardest.
        Power is a lot like real estate. Remember?
    Judge: So help me God.
    Underwood: So help me God.

& Usher: Is he worth the fight?
    Underwood: There is no neutrality. I expect total loyalty or you are an enemy.
    Usher: Understood, Mr. President.

& Claire: I have a soft spot for that patriotic stuff.

& Surkova: Please spread your arms and legs.
    Kate: Excuse me?!
    Surkova: Otherwise, there is no interview.

& Claire: You look very beautiful. Presidential.
    Underwood: You look beautiful. Vice Presidential.

& Underwood: You know, they say the most vulnerable part of the human body... is the throat... and that you never really know how you feel about somebody... until they have their hands around your throat. So tell me... How do you feel now?

& Claire: I thought we killed that committee.
    Underwood: Nothing ever really dies in the House. It just plays in front of a smaller and smaller audience.

& Underwood: Tom... don’t cheat on my wife.

& Doug: Like I said, they’ll call you if they need you.

& Claire: It’s hard to know who to trust these days...
    Underwood: Isn’t it?

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Chapter 60

& Underwood: ...So, welcome to Elysian Fields.

& Usher: There’s no talking politics or business while we’re here, gentlemen.
    Underwood: Yes, we don’t want to poison all this nature with words.
    Usher: You know the motto.
    Underwood: Yes, «Buzzing bees, sting not here.» It’s hard to miss.

& Usher: Fuck Ohio. This is the campaign.

& Underwood: The general is a traitor, you know that.
    Usher: The general is trying to be a politician. You would have done the same.
    Underwood: .... Yeah, but better.

& Durant: We’re the only country in position to rescue. So, 20 minutes ago, we offered.
    Claire: They declined?
    Durant: And denied. Petrov does not want us to see what’s on board.

& Viktor Petrov: A rescue at sea and a chance to embarrass us? Just before your second Election Day? Sounds like I would be helping you, hmm?
    Claire: The boat sinks, your crew dies. How is that going to look at home?
    Viktor Petrov: I tell my people how things look, and that’s how they look.

& Viktor Petrov: Ah, I don’t like to quantify human worth... but Macallan’s is higher. Social media is a powerful tool.

& Usher: Oppenheimer was a member. That tree right over there, right under that tree, Manhattan Project was born.
    Underwood: And right under this one, I’m relieving myself. I hope you’re not equating me to the atom bomb.

---

& Tusk: Are you hungry? I have, uh, eggs, and orange juice, mountain oysters...
    Underwood: You mean bull’s testicles, don’t you? I prefer to call things what they are.

& Tusk: How do you like your eggs?
    Underwood: In the afternoon.

& Underwood: No. History is earned. You win the day, and then you win the day after, and you do the same thing every day until you’re dead. And you’re remembered not for the winning, but because you never lost!

& Underwood: A little restraint... would be unexpected.

& Underwood: ...you can’t just sit back and admire the view. I’ve learned you’ve got to grab the present by the balls. That’s where the American people live.
    Brockhart: You sound more like a salesman than a president, Mr. President.
    Underwood: Well, if we’re Americans, then we are salesmen, right? That’s our birthright. Cars and phones and a gallon of gas.

& Brockhart: That’s not how I see America. I’m a patriot. I serve.
    Underwood: Well, then, we salute you, General. But you serve to what purpose?.. So the rest of America can sell.

& Brockhart: People want a president they can trust.
    Underwood: No, they don’t. They want a president they know. And I know them. I’m selling a tomorrow that you can see and touch and feel. Now, you take that away, and I don’t know what this country has left. Except a group of grown men standing around in a circle, all staring at a small screen. Looking in instead of looking out.

& Underwood: You know why I didn’t hire you back then?.. Because when you went to pick up the check, you told me I didn’t have to pay you. That you would work for free. I don’t trust that. Because no one works for free.

& Claire: Let’s get back to where we left off. What will it take to get Aidan Macallan back on American soil?
    Viktor Petrov: ... He likes it here.

& Underwood: They’ve never wanted me, not from the beginning, no matter what I do!
    Claire: Fuck ’em.
    Underwood: I intend to.

& Underwood: ...what’s going to go unsaid in this conversation is that Claire and I... are willing... to do anything. And we know... that you are no different.

& Underwood: Common woe, be done.

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House of Cards 5×7

Chapter 59

& Underwood: That’s exactly right! It’s his pick. It’s his justice. He’s trying to control our house! The White House.

& Underwood: Who do you think you are?
    Claire: I think I am a temporary president trying to get you back in office.
    Underwood: And if you don’t think that we’re at a critical juncture in the road, you are pathetically mistaken. Wake up, Claire! Wake up!

& LeAnn: Is the former president meeting us in the Rose Garden?
    Claire: Francis will not be there. He’s not needed.

& Claire: This is President Underwood...

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& Underwood: If this is a dirty bomb, then we’ve just entered a different world...

& Jane Davis: I get these in Hong Kong. The best instant coffee comes out of the Pacific Rim.

& Underwood: We both know something the rest of the world refuses to acknowledge. There is no justice, only conquest.

& Claire: I know it’s obvious, but it always strikes me... No women.
    Underwood: Well, it was a different time.
    Claire: Terrible.
    Underwood: The war or the restrictions of the era?
    Claire: Both.
    Underwood: Well, you know my position. I’m all for women in combat.

& Yates: I worry about you all the time, Claire. But I know that’s not the kind of thing you like to hear.

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House of Cards 5×6

Chapter 58

& Claire: I, Claire Hale Underwood, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States...
    Underwood: I’m proud of her. She deserves this. Even if it only lasts for a couple of weeks.
    Claire: ...And will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.
    Underwood: Congratulations, Madam Acting President.

& Underwood: You have to now carry this with you at all times.
    Claire: The codes?
    Underwood: Mmm-hmm. It’s the law.

& Claire: You are in violation of the Antarctic Treaty System...
    President Petrov: A treaty the USSR signed in 1959. We’re a new country.

& Underwood: American democracy is stronger than your sad attempt to take advantage of a bump in the road.
    President Petrov: Oh, Francis, my eyes are on a landscape that is so much bigger than any one of your roads...

& Yates: I’m not talking about him. I’m talking about you.
    Claire: What difference does it make whether I’m enjoying myself or not?
    Yates: Isn’t that what this is all about? Can’t you just... live in it for a second?

& Yates: You could wake up tomorrow... and... I don’t know, feed the children... start a war...

---

& Conway: I’m not gonna beg.
    Usher: No, you’re gonna smile.

& Underwood: Bob, there’s no precedent here. There’s no playbook. We can look to the Constitution for inspiration, but not for instruction.

& Underwood: Look. Look at them... That is the look of contemplating loss. Loss... the only constituent that anyone in this room really listens to.

& Claire: Isn’t that right, Mr. President?
    Underwood: Absolutely, Madam President.

& President Petrov: There are no Russian troops in Antarctica.

& Durant: How long do you expect the world to believe those aren’t your soldiers?
    President Petrov: Do you like working for the Underwoods? How loyal are you?

& President Petrov: You will allow me to exploit whatever oil I find in Antarctica. And I’ll tell you why. I have something. Or rather, someone you need...

& Claire: I thought you saw what I saw.
    Underwood: I did. I do. We’re perfectly in sync, Claire.

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House of Cards 5×5

Chapter 57

& Underwood: You see, my feeling is, I think the Founding Fathers, they just got tired. And really, can you blame them? I mean, you can’t think of everything. Black swans, Murphy’s Law... I mean, at a certain point, you just have to sign off and cross your goddamn fingers and hope for the best.
Or adopt «flipism,» a pseudo-philosophy of life in which the most important decisions are made by the flipping of a coin...

& Underwood: It was first introduced in the Disney comic book Flip Decision, one of my favorites, in which Donald Duck is persuaded by Professor Batty to make all the most important decisions based on the flipping of a coin. «Life is but a gamble. Let flipism guide your ramble.»

& Underwood: .... One person, one vote. But if there’s a tie... and this is where Donald Duck comes in, it’s resolved... by the toss of a coin. A solution that’s elegant as hell. But then there’s no elegance in modern politics. It’s mostly hell.

& Underwood: The identity of the next President of these United States is once again in the hands of a bunch of self-serving, money-hungry, boot-licking, power-seeking politicians who can be seduced or sucker punched or blackmailed into submission. And all I need is just one more vote than the other guy.

& Underwood: As you can see, the Founding Fathers didn’t plan for this. But I did. Meet your new daddy.

& LeAnn: So do you want the good news or the bad news first?
    Claire: Always the bad.

---

& Underwood: I think people underestimate... the importance of detail... to the overall impact.

& Congressman Romero: There’s a story that I love about LBJ. Uh, it was back in ’64 or ’65. A congressman was ducking him... and he came back to his office to find the president sitting in his chair... waiting for him.
    Doug: The president expects to see you within the hour.... He was wearing his cowboy hat.
    Romero: What?
    Doug: President Johnson. You left out the best part of the story.

& Romero: Our movement wants to explode things...
    Underwood: Oh, please. Spare me your progressive PR bullshit. You want what they all want. Access. A better seat at the table. Your name before the rest. And that is something that I can give you.

& Underwood: I believe in you, Congressman. Do you wanna know why?
    Romero: Tell me.
    Underwood: Because I trust ambition.
    Romero: So this is a straight-up bribe.
    Underwood: Oh, no, Congressman. A bribe is something you can refuse.

& Louise: I want a woman in the White House. And if she has to start as a vice president, fine. But it’s time. It’s time.

& Conway: I... I’m the president. I don’t care what they say, I... I’m fucking President of the United States.
    Usher: No, you’re not. The vice president will be acting president for as long as it takes the House to decide.

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House of Cards 5×4

Chapter 56

& Seth: Better not let them see the name on your credentials. Those folks out there love their president.
    Hammerschmidt: I love pound cake. Doesn’t mean it’s good for me.

& Underwood: Situation is still unfolding.
    Durant: On Election Day?..

& Durant: Francis... it’s been quite a journey working with you.

& Yates: Victory. This is for when you win... I wrote a concession speech as well.

& Hammerschmidt: How many scandals... should the public be expected to endure before they say, «Enough»? Before they say, «I’m staying home»? Before they lose complete faith in this democratic republic? This is a trend that dates back at least... to when Nixon avoided jail time.

& Claire: Do you realize we have every intention of winning today?
    Yates: Sure. But then what?

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& Underwood: I just wanted to look in your eyes one more time before we do this.
    Claire: Francis... we’re doing this.

& Claire: He can’t save us. He invented term limits.

& Underwood: I wanted to be the first to tell you congratulations, Mr. President-elect.
    Conway: Well, thank you, Mr. President.
    Underwood: ’Oh, what? You think I learned nothing from Al Gore?’

& Underwood: The American people don’t know what’s best for them. I do. I know exactly what they need. They’re like little children, Claire. Children we never had. We have to hold their sticky fingers and wipe their filthy mouths. Teach them right from wrong. Tell them what to think and how to feel and what to want. They even need help writing their wildest dreams, crafting their worst fears. Lucky for them... they have me... they have you.
Underwood. Underwood. 2016. 2020. 2024. 2028. 2032. 2036. One nation... Underwood.

& Claire: Doug, LeAnn... do you have a moment?

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House of Cards 5×3

Chapter 55

& Yates: He’s hiding something... But it doesn’t matter. He’s modern. He makes the presidency accessible. I mean, don’t you want to see the candidate stay up all night?

& Underwood: Do the people around us understand what it takes?

& Claire: I know your speech.
    Underwood: But can you finish? You have to know how to finish, Claire.

& Matthews: You want the truth?
    Doug: Not interested.
    Matthews: It’s over. Underwood’s gonna lose tomorrow. He’s done. And when he’s done, you’re done. You’ll have nothing left. And then, you’ll just disappear.
    Doug: Thank you for your time, Governor.... What would it take to federalize the National Guard in Pennsylvania?

& Bartender: Woman?
    Doug: Work.
    Bartender: Yeah, well, nothing’s forever, man.

& Underwood: Is it enough? What we’re doing?

& Claire: You’re worried about the crowd we just saw.
    Underwood: Not the size. Their enthusiasm.

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& Claire: Yes, but it’s different this time. There’s so much going on...
Underwood: I know, but call me superstitious... But we have done this every election we have ever won. Come on.
Claire: I wonder if I know what you mean.
Underwood: I wonder if you wonder. It was a hot afternoon, and I still remember the smell of honeysuckle all down that street. How could I have known that murder...
    Walter Neff: ...Can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?

& Underwood: Are we together?
    Claire: Yes, we’re together. No matter what...
    Underwood: No, not «no matter what.» Are we together?
    Claire: ... We’re together, Francis.
    Underwood: Then don’t ever bring up losing around me again!

& Underwood: They overestimated the turnouts in Pennsylvania by 30%...

& Underwood: It’s low.
    Claire: What do you mean, «low»?
    Underwood: Low.

& Claire: You know what this means, don’t you?
    Underwood: This is our house. We are not leaving.
    Walter Neff: ...The last stop’s a cemetery.

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House of Cards 5×2

Chapter 54

& Underwood: Do you think this really works?
    Claire: Oh, it’s just about making the candidate seem familiar, so that the voter sees herself in him.

& Doug: Do we have anything on the committee members?
    Walter: Nothing too juicy yet, I’m afraid.

& Doug: Is it enough to scare her?
    Walter: Embarrass her, probably. More than that, probably not.

& Underwood: Fear is un-American. And yes, the irony of saying those words to you on Halloween, of all days, is not lost on me. But although we may choose, as Americans, to scare ourselves once a year for fun... no one else tells any American when to shake in their boots at any other time.
So I am issuing an executive order, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and commander in chief of the armed forces. By our Constitution and the laws of our land, including Section Blah-Blah of the Blah-Blah Act and Section Blah-Blah of Title Blah-Blah, Paragraph Bullshit-Bullshit.

& Underwood: In case you have no idea what’s going on, I’m swelling these states’ National Guard troops to create secure public spaces on Election Day.

& Claire: You know, Ken, the older I get, I learn that assumptions are dangerous...

& Doug: This isn’t about party affiliation. As the president said, this is about security. Now, we believe this course of action, the voting centers with the added law enforcement, will give us everything that we need to protect the integrity of the ballot box.

& Doug: Preventing further acts of terrorism is just about all that matters, Tanya.

& Matthews: What do you think?
    Underwood: Oh, I can’t tell you what to do, Jim. But I can say, as one ex-VP to another, that this cleanup in Pennsylvania is gonna be worth about $300 million and 10,000 jobs. And that’s not bad for an afternoon’s work.

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& Underwood: We’re a week away from the election, Mr. Macallan. Cover your tracks.
    Macallan: Okay. In which case, I need to let hackers temporarily invade a Capital East Telecom switching center.
    Underwood: Meaning what?
    Macallan: Well, the center covers most of the US government cyber traffic. But if I’m in and out in 20 minutes, I think the damage will look mischief-level. Messed-up connections, that sort of thing.

& Macallan: All right. Well, I’ll start it at 4:00 p.m. Uh, as soon as I’m done, I’ll anonymously send out a fix to the problem.
    Underwood: No.
    Macallan: Sir?
    Underwood: LeAnn will contact you about when to send out the fix. You’ll wait for her.

& Claire: Why didn’t you call him back? ....you can’t ignore loose ends like that. You owed him your ear.
    Underwood: Well, I didn’t realize it was gonna become so personal. I am the President of the United States, for Christ’s sake! I’m a bit busy.
    Claire: The past doesn’t disappear on command, Francis. Not even for presidents.

& Underwood: And listen. Something else is about to happen...

& Claire: Careful is far too small a word for what we need to be.

& Yates: What’s my role? What am I to you, anyway? Or you, to me? I mean, are you my girlfriend? And when you win... does that make me, like, First Boyfriend? First Concubine?

& Underwood: The first question to ask yourself... «Is the damper open?»...

& Underwood: If a man is not smart enough to be able to use whatever is in front of him and still make it work... well, then... that’s just a failure of the imagination.

& Underwood: And, finally, you strike your match... you ignite your kindling... and then you blow.

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