- [last lines]
- Francis Underwood: [in the Oval Office] There's no coming back from this.
- Claire Underwood: Oh, I know exactly what we're about to do.
- Francis Underwood: If we fail, it's on both of us. I won't be able to protect you.
- Claire Underwood: [takes deep breath] And what a relief that will be - for both of us.
- Francis Underwood: The American people don't know what's best for them. I do. I know exactly what they need. They're like little children, Claire. Children we never had. We have to hold their sticky fingers and wipe their filthy mouths. Teach them right from wrong. Tell them what to think and how to feel and what to want. They even need help writing their wildest dreams, crafting their worst fears. Lucky for them they have me, they have you.
- [takes deep breath]
- Francis Underwood: Underwood, Underwood, 2016... 2020... 2024... 2028... 2032... 2036... One nation, Underwood.
- Claire Underwood: [opens the door] Doug, LeAnn, do you have a moment?
- Seth Grayson: Those folks out there love their president.
- Tom Hammerschmidt: I love pound cake. Doesn't mean it's good for me.
- Francis Underwood: [on the phone] I wanted to be the first to tell you congratulations, Mr. President-elect.
- Will Conway: Well, thank you, Mr. President.
- Francis Underwood: [to the camera] Oh, what, you think I learned nothing from Al Gore?
- Leann Harvey: I'm having déjà vu. You ever get that?
- Doug Stamper: Are you seriously asking me about déjà vu?
- Leann Harvey: Never mind. It's gone. You never get déjà vu? Everybody does.
- Doug Stamper: I don't.
- Leann Harvey: Don't look so worried, Doug. You just felt familiar for a second.
- Catherine Durant: Imagine my surprise when the NSA called me about Muhammed Kalabi just moments before you did.
- Francis Underwood: Situation is still unfolding.
- Catherine Durant: On election day?
- [Dissatisfied Francis shakes his head]
- Catherine Durant: Francis, it's been quite a journey working with you.
- Francis Underwood: Kalabi slipped into the country, and he's planning a terrorist attack against a voting centre in Tennessee.
- Catherine Durant: And that is a terrifying proposition.
- Francis Underwood: Well, I may need you to stay around the White House a bit longer, Cathy, until this situation is resolved.
- Catherine Durant: Of course. I was only saying, it's been a good run.
- Tom Hammerschmidt: When I was single, I always picked the loser's party. I met the last Mrs Hammerschmidt drowning in tequilla shots at the Bob Dole ballroom. And here I am, single again.