- Russo's Mother: What happened to your hand?
- Rep. Peter Russo: I got in a fight.
- Russo's Mother: Did you win?
- Rep. Peter Russo: Yeah, I guess I did.
- Russo's Mother: That's my Peter.
- Francis Underwood: The library is a sham. Higgins asked me a favor. I asked someone else a favor. They slapped my name on it. Politics. Like everything else.