- Claire Underwood: You know what Francis said to me when he proposed? I remember his exact words. He said, 'Claire, if all you want is happiness, say no. I'm not gonna give you a couple of kids and count the days until retirement. I promise you freedom from that. I promise you'll never be bored.' You know, he was the only man - and there were a lot of others who proposed - but he was the only one who understood me. He didn't put me on some pedestal. He knew that I didn't want to be adored or coddled. So he took my hand and put a ring on it. Because he knew I'd say yes.
- Francis Underwood: From this moment on you are a rock. You absorb nothing, you saying nothing, and nothing breaks you.
- Dennis Miller: [ridiculing Underwood's television interview gaff] That was as clumsy as the Lee Harvey Oswald prison transfer. What was he thinking?