Mahmoud and Frank Underwood in “Unfinished Business”

You know what I dreamed of when I came here? Choking you with my bare hands.

Frank Underwood

Mr. Mahmoud, you may hate me. You may hate the office I hold. But here's the reality: I must make decisions every day that I hope are just. I don't know right from wrong all the time. I wish I did. But what I can't be is indecisive.

It says in the Quran that the taking of one life is like the taking of all mankind.

Frank Underwood

It also says that the saving of one life is like the saving of all mankind.

You didn't ask me here to apologize. You asked me here to forgive you.

Frank Underwood

I didn't order the strike to-

I won't forgive you, Mr. President. I don't want to make it any easier for you to sleep at night. Knowing a few lines of the Quran does not absolve you.

Frank Underwood

I have a duty to this nation, Mr. Mahmoud. I swore an oath.

There's a fine line between duty and murder. Only you have to power to stop what happened to me. The next time you wield it, I hope you'll think twice.