Is it true, what Hammerschmidt wrote?
No.
That's the first time you've lied to me... since you stopped lying to me.
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That's right. We don't submit to terror. We make the terror.
[a terrorist victim's young daughter has lashed out at Frank during her father's funeral]
What did the girl say to you?
She said she hopes I die, and that you become the president.
Look down, straight down, across the lawn. Right to the gate. You see them? Those people want a voice. Some for, some against. And they're looking back across the lawn, toward the windows, and they're thinking, "I wonder what the President and the First Lady are doing tonight? And will they be able to protect us?"
I should have been there.
Where?
When you got shot. I wish I had been there. Maybe I could have protected you.
You see, all those people want is for someone to keep them from what they're afraid to know.
I want you to let the world know that if they want to continue to come here for our hospitals, our colleges, our golf courses and God knows what else, they're going to have to deliver more than my head on the end of a burning stick.
The older I get, I learn that assumptions are dangerous.
I serve at the pleasure of the president.
SHStephen Haines
And the First Lady.
[warily] The Democratic vice presidential candidate. Her too.
SHStephen Haines
But you write speeches for both of them.
Most often for Mrs. Underwood.
SHStephen Haines
[quoting Yates] "Articulating what's on her mind and in her heart".
Mmm-hmm. I'm just a mouthpiece.
SHStephen Haines
Has she put you in charge of any other parts?
Wow. You're still an asshole, man. Good luck with the alimony.
When, and if, Garrett Walker appears before this committee, do you think he'll betray the party?
JMJim Matthews
You mean you?
Well, that would be the same thing...
What's my role?
What?
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?
How's the president doing?
He's acting like he's still 30 years old. We both are.
Is that good or bad?
That depends on if we win or lose.
JMJim Matthews
You want the truth?
Not interested. I had that coming in.
JMJim 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.
[getting up to leave] Thank you for your time, Governor.
No regrets. No matter what.
What does that mean? What does that mean, "no matter what"? You think we're going to lose.
No. No.
Are we together?
Yes, we're together, no matter what.
No, not no matter what. Are we together?
We're together, Francis.
Then don't ever bring up losing in front of me again.
I don't need to get to the party just yet. Sweaty palms eager to pay me their last respects, when what they really want to do to show their respect is to empty their bullets in my body to make sure that I'm dead.
[after making a false concession to Conway] Oh, what, you think I learned nothing from Al Gore?
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.
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