- Francis Underwood: You're a New York Republican. That's an attractive fiction, isn't it?
- Will Conway: And you're a Democrat from South Carolina, that's even bigger fiction.
- Francis Underwood: Well, there you go.
- Will Conway: And I'm a New York Republican, which is basically a Democrat.
- Francis Underwood: If you were a Democrat, you'd be unstoppable. You'd be the new JFK.
- Will Conway: [chuckles] And if you were a Republican, who'd you be? Nixon?
- Francis Underwood: Nixon was a far more effective president. The only reason people glorify Kennedy is because he got shot.
- Will Conway: Well, you've got that going for you, too, now, don't you?
- Thomas Yates: How's the, uh...
- Francis Underwood: Oh You know, if it weren't for the pills, I could go through entire days without even thinking about it.
- Thomas Yates: I wonder what that kid would think if he knew that part of him was inside of the president's body.
- Francis Underwood: Tragic, huh? But, then again, one man's tragedy is another man's treasure, isn't that right?
- Thomas Yates: Trash.
- Francis Underwood: What?
- Thomas Yates: "One man's trash." That's how the saying goes.
- Francis Underwood: Oh, right.
- Francis Underwood: [to the camera] Do you know the main thing that separates a politician from the rest of the species? A politician is the one who would drown a litter of kittens for ten minutes of prime time.
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- Madam Secretary: Kentucky, you have 53 votes. How do you cast them?
- Senator: Madam Secretary, as a senator for the great Commonwealth of Kentucky, I'm proud to speak on behalf of the delegation's chair. The Commonwealth of Kentucky, home of the Derby, the Wildcats, and the birthplace of bourbon, for Vice President of the United States, casts 13 votes for Secretary of State Catherine Durant 11 for Senator Joseph Baker of Nevada, nine for Governor Randall Smith of West Virginia, seven apiece for Governor Jill Haley of Florida and Congresswoman Sharon Pierce of California, five for one of our own, the Mayor of Louisville, Jill Carson and one vote for the First Lady of these United States, Mrs. Claire Underwood.
- [crowd cheers]
- [last lines]
- Claire Underwood: [rehearsing] I've been my husband's partner in marriage for 29 years. Now, it's time for me to be his partner in the White House for the next four.
- Thomas Yates: You're right. We can do better.