Doug Stamper quotes from House of Cards

Doug Stamper

It's Doug Stamper, Madame U.S. Attorney.

How did you get this number?

Doug Stamper

Don't hang up.

The next call I expect is from your lawyer in my office.

Doug Stamper

You really shouldn't.

Mr. Stamper, this is highly...

Doug Stamper

I'm going to recant. [pause] Are you there?

[hesitantly] Yes.

Doug Stamper

I'm going to lay out how this is going to go, and you stop me at any point if I'm wrong. I'm going to recant, which means you're going to need a new prosecutor because you're going to need to recuse yourself so you can testify against me. And this call we're on? Not going to look very good for you. Anything you say in court will be ruled hearsay, and the judge, if he's in a good mood, is going to ask for more evidence, and you and your new prosecutor aren't going to have any. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. This case isn't going to make your career. The case that's going to change your life is the prosecution of Claire Underwood.

Claire Underwood

We both lost someone who shaped the course of our lives - for good, but also for ill. And now here we are, unexpectedly free to take a different tack. We can do whatever we want, Doug. We've been entwined, you and I, like it or not, for decades now. I think we deserve to go our separate ways. The only problem is that we have something urgent to attend to called Cathy Durant. And then, we can finally be free. Do what we really want. Do what we need to do. What does Doug Stamper want?

Doug Stamper

Are you trying to erase him? Because you can't.

Claire Underwood

I'm not trying to do anything except be the sitting President of the United States. It's wrong to assume that Francis' ambitions directly aligned with mine, Doug. The best way to not be associated with his questionable deeds is to do good. That's what I plan on doing, anyway. [Stamper laughs] Oh, you find that funny, do you? Well, it's true.

Doug Stamper

I never understood what he saw in you. I mean, the outside, sure, but the inside...

Claire Underwood

LeAnn's death...

Doug Stamper

No! You never cared for her.

Claire Underwood

It wasn't necessary, and I told him so. And yet... Doug, do me a favor. Close your eyes. Please. [he does so, and she puts Frank's cuff links in his hand] He wanted you to have them.

Claire Underwood

The world is either with us or against us, Doug. [brushes his cuff links] Do you think you'll ever wear them?

Doug Stamper

[uncomfortable] It doesn't seem right.

Claire Underwood

You know the last thing he said to me? "Make sure you and Doug take care of each other."

Doug Stamper

Did you think you'd seen the last of me?

Nathan Green

That's the last thing I thought.

Doug Stamper

I'll take that as a compliment.

President Walker made sure I had a soft landing. I'm at a university in Colorado where the water is fresh and the air is clean.

Doug Stamper

Sounds dangerous.

It is, to think that clearly.

Doug Stamper

Let me ask you something, Nathan. After all this time, all these years together, everything we did for Frank - stuff with Lucas, Macallen, the terrorist kid, everything we ever did - are you seriously telling me you're going to choose her?

Nathan Green

Literally all I care about is getting out of this alive.

Doug Stamper

[opens the car door] Get in.

Claire Underwood

I like the sound of your voice, Doug. It's so soothing. I never really thought about it before, but in just this way you remind me of Francis. The one thing I really miss is his voice. It was always my favorite thing about him. No matter what he would say, the sound of his voice made me feel that everything was going to be all right.

Doug Stamper

It's not.