The Best Viktor Petrov Quotes

Viktor: [inviting him to his dacha] Let's surf together. The water is cold as hell, but the women are very warm.
Francis: Oh, I'm not sure what Claire would think about that.

Viktor: [after demonstrating pickle with vodka] Now you, Mrs. Underwood.
Claire: To President Petrov, and his little pickle.

Viktor: Do you know what the best part of the fall of the Soviet Union was? The cars. Have you ever been in a, um... a Lada?
Francis: Lada? No, I haven't.
Viktor: No? Oh, it's the worst car ever built. Tiny little thing, you know. Your head would hit the ceiling when you hit a pothole. And the heat? Never worked.
[he chuckles]
Viktor: And no air conditioning, you know, your skin would stick to the seats in the summer. It was a coffin on wheels. But then, after the fall, we got the Lexus. Temperature control. Automatic windows. And, and so much room. First time I fucked my ex-wife? In a Lexus.
[Frank laughs]
Viktor: You could never do that in a Lada, no space, huh?
[he laughs, then quickly becomes serious]
Viktor: You see, Mr. President... I want the Lexus. And you're trying to sell me a Lada.

Viktor: This will make you famous, hmm? A whistle-blower.
Aidan: I don't wanna be famous.
Viktor: But you do want to be free.

Viktor: You Americans certainly have a lot of presidents these days.
Francis: Yes, you may think that we're distracted, but don't fool yourself.
Viktor: Distracted? No. No, no. Divided, yes.
Francis: American democracy is stronger than your sad attempt to take advantage of a bump in the road.
Viktor: Francis, my eyes are on a landscape that is so much bigger than any one of your roads.

Viktor: Sometimes we must be ruthless with those who hate us. And sometimes we must be ruthless with those we love.
Francis: I don't see why Claire means so much to you.
Viktor: Because she means so much to you.

Francis: This is your fist visit to the White House...
Viktor: Yes, yes. But my third President.

Viktor: Social media is a powerful tool. If there is any rescue attempt by the United States, I will tell the people of Ohio exactly how you look to them. Exactly how you disrupted their state's vote. And they will believe me.

Francis: I'm finding it more and more difficult to tolerate your paranoia.
President: I could say the same of your lies.
Francis: When I lie to you you'll never know it, and it will be for a good reason.

President: Revolution sneaks up on you, one small step at a time. I don't take chances even with the smallest of steps.

Francis: Brass tacks. If you could have anything, what would it be?
Viktor: I came with nothing to ask.
Francis: Men like you don't show up for dinner without an appetite.