House of Cards (TV Series)

Chapter 54 (2017)

Kevin Spacey: Francis Underwood

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• Francis Underwood : When, and if, Garrett Walker appears before this committee, do you think he'll betray the party?

  Jim Matthews : You mean you?

  Francis Underwood : Well, that *would* be the same thing.

• [first lines] 

  Claire Underwood : [entering]  Why do you keep playing with that?

  Francis Underwood : [playing with software that morphs her face into his]  Because I'm skeptical. Do you think this really works?

  Claire Underwood : It's just about making the candidate seem familiar, so that the voter sees herself in him. But you've gone too far.

  [moves the dial toward her own image] 

  Claire Underwood : There. Congratulations, Francis. You have my vote.

• Francis Underwood : Fear is un-American.

• Francis Underwood : We are engaged in the battle of our time. The question of what it is to be an American. The very essence of American-ness. How we choose to lead our lives, open and free, is on the line.

• Francis Underwood : I am the president of the United States, for Chist's sake. I'm a bit busy.

  Claire Underwood : The past doesn't disappear on command, Francis. Not even for presidents.