- Francis Underwood: The only thing more satisfying than convincing someone to do what I want, is failing to persuade them on purpose. It's like a "do not enter" sign, it just begs you to walk though the door.
- Francis Underwood: [as narrator] I've always loathed the necessity of sleep. Like death, it puts the most powerful men on their backs.
- President Garrett Walker: Nobody walks away from something like this without bruises.
- Francis Underwood: Well, bruises you can survive. I just don't know how we can avoid it at this point.
- Claire Underwood: Are you unsatisfied?
- Francis Underwood: There's just too much at stake now. No one we can trust. We don't have the freedom we once did.
- Claire Underwood: Maybe it's better this way. No room for distractions. I don't mind the sacrifice.