“Half-empty, half-full” is an expression I have never cared for.
You don’t get second chances in elections.
You can’t expect the office to do anything more than what you bring to it.
When I lie to you, you’ll never know it, and it will be for a good reason.
What you have to understand about my people is that they are a noble people. Humility is their form of pride. It is their strength. It is their weakness. And if you can humble yourself before them, they will do anything you ask.
We’re all ruthless. We all destroy. But corruption? That’s a matter of perspective.
We’ll make her a martyr. A victim of the times. A feminist icon. God, she might even end up on a coin.[about Claire]
We need to respond to strength with strength.
We need to dial up the terror.[to Francis]
We don’t get press by keeping our mouths shut.
Violence is a funny thing. You know, it’s not so much the physical pain that victims can remember. It’s the feelings around it. The fear.
Upward mobility has a ceiling with the Underwoods. I’m the ceiling.
