You're a good egg, Garrett. I just want to make sure that egg doesn't end up all over our face.

You're threatening to fire me from a job you don't control that you can't know I want.

Mayor Poole: Who are you trying to protect?
Frank: Nobody in particular, just the standards of this office.

This is the hard part, Sid. The time between doing everything we can think of and finding out if it worked.

But I'll see you again, Mr. Wallace, at the execution chamber at Terre Haute, I'll wave to you through the observation glass.

He just didn't make good collars, he tied them up in neat little bows. It's time you learned to gift wrap.

Doing the right thing is rarely easy.

Frank: What are you trying to do, join the family business?
Linda: Well, as another Reagan once said, Honey I forgot to duck.

If you start breaking the law to enforce it you cross the street to their side.

It's time when there's an issue that needs airing, it's never time for me to flap my gums and act all commissionery.

Senator McCreary: Jess Weinstein, my Deputy Chief of Staff. She masterminded my last campaign. She's sharp as a tac.
Frank: Until she becomes as dumb as a box of rocks with one of my officers.

Ann: My issue is with the leadership.
Frank: So you can isolate my from the herd. Easier to take me down.