- Francis Underwood: Do you think I'm a hypocrite? Well, you should. I wouldn't disagree with you. The road to power is paved with hypocrisy. And casualties. Never regret.
- Francis Underwood: [to Doug] As for Raymond, we have to strike back hard and fast. I want him obliterated.
- Claire Underwood: More than that. Let's make him suffer.
- Francis Underwood: I don't know whether to be proud or terrified. Perhaps both.
- Francis Underwood: Do not talk to my wife that way.
- Adam Galloway: Oh, your wife. What does that even mean to you?
- Francis Underwood: Do not mistake the history you have shared for the slightest understanding of what our marriage is, or how insignificant you are in comparison.
- Doug Stamper: Do you think I've survived with the Vice President so long by being bribed? Upward-mobility has a ceiling with the Underwoods. I'm the ceiling.
- Francis Underwood: A little sibling rivalry isn't such a bad thing, especially between adopted boys. They either push each other to be the best versions of themselves, or one of them gets booted back to the orphanage.
- [about Seth]
- Francis Underwood: He's done a good job handling all this.
- Doug Stamper: Yes, he has.
- Francis Underwood: Should we have any more concerns?
- Francis Underwood: He claims he doesn't have anything else.
- Francis Underwood: Do you believe him?
- Francis Underwood: I wouldn't go that far.