The world is either with us or against us, Doug. [brushes his cuff links] Do you think you'll ever wear them?
[uncomfortable] It doesn't seem right.
You know the last thing he said to me? "Make sure you and Doug take care of each other."
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Did you think you'd seen the last of me?
That's the last thing I thought.
I'll take that as a compliment.
You know, when you left three months ago, I wondered where you'd gone... and then I didn't think of you at all.
You say that, but I detect pain in your eyes, Madame President. "As a deer longs for streams of water..."
"...so I long for you, God."
Do you miss him?
God? Always.
We're done here.
Sir...
The Vice President says we're done!
LVLinda Vasquez
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.
Sounds dangerous.
LVLinda Vasquez
It is, to think that clearly.
Playing incompetent is so exhausting.
Presidents aren't allowed to be human. You have to choose: power or love. That was clear from the beginning. Forgive me, Tom Yates, I'm going to drag you through the mud, deny we ever happened. I'm going to kill you for the second time. Someday you'll rest in peace.
Hi. That's quite a snapshot, right? Unique, carefully calibrated. Pain, hysteria, and just a small dose of crazy. Claire Underwood, like they've never seen before. [makes a crying face] It's not actually as easy as it looks. 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 imagine all the ways that 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.
Congratulations, Claire. You've become a problem for everyone.
DSDuncan Shepherd
Madame President, your dead husband told my mother things - things you don't want the world to know.
A dead man's words are worthless, as far as I'm concerned.
I hereby solemnly swear to take no prisoners.
[about her abortion] The baby was viable. Francis and I as parents were not.
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 until the day he died. All men who had no idea how to walk away.
It's not a just world, Tom. But sometimes you have a chance to make the right person pay, even if it's for the wrong crime.
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.
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