Lyor: You're an unprincipled shakedown artist!
Congressman: Will you please remind him who he is talking to?
Emily: Yes, Lyor, you are talking to an unprincipled shakedown artist.

Tom: You can no longer serve in this administration.
Hannah: Mr. President ...
Tom: Agent Wells, you've been terminated effective immediately. Goodbye.

Tom: It must be nice to live in a world where you can't lose.
Ethan: No, sir. It's awful.

Darby: The majority of the cabinet wishes you to continue in your capacity as president.
Tom: I was not expecting that. Please thank them for this opportunity and their support.

Ethan: Mental Illness runs in your family.
Trey: No, being human does.

I'm sorry, Mr. West. If the cabinet wants me out of the office they're going to have to do it the hard way.

Tom

Ethan: So, in your expert opinion, is Tom Kirkman fit to continue as president.
Moss: No, no he is not.

Emily: Do you ever think about us?
Aaron: How do you mean?
Emily: Well, we had that kiss last year, once, and it was, you know, it wasn't bad as far as kisses go.
Aaron: It was definitely serviceable.
Emily: You ever wonder what would've happened if there were a sequel?
Aaron: I did, but I decided long ago not to pursue it.
Emily: Why?
Aaron: Because then you wouldn't be here, in my office, a year later, exchanging stories about how we're the two lowest-rent crooks in the history of the White House.

Hannah: They're all dead, Aaron.
Aaron: Who?
Hannah: ... Everyone who gets close to me dies!

Let me enlighten you, I'm someone who keeps their promises, and if you slander me like that in public again this will be the last time you work anywhere including the White House.

Andrea

Emily: They know about the hearing.
Lyor: Yeah, any leverage the White House had just went up in smoke.

You don't get to be the first female tech billionaire without a ruthless streak.

Doug

Designated Survivor Season 2 Episode 19 Quotes

I'm sorry, about Damian. I don't know what to say.

Chuck [to Hannah]

Kirkman: So I'm going to have to sit there and watch them tear my life apart.
Kendra: No, you're going to sit there and watch us win.