- Archie Bunker: According to you, every Republican's a fascist.
- Michael 'Meathead' Stivic: According to you, every Democrat's a communist.
- Archie Bunker: Not every. You never hear me callin' Carter a commie.
- Michael 'Meathead' Stivic: I'm sure the president will be very relieved to hear that.
- Archie Bunker: Not Jimmy, Billy.
- Mitch Turner: We're gonna put the fear of God into your commie son-in-law!
- Archie Bunker: But, but listen. I don't want ya's to burn no cross. I got a little grandson who's only two years old. and I want him to grow up normal, see. And, and if he sees a cross burning there, he might get the wrong idea about what the cross really means.
- Mitch Turner: Don't tell us about what the cross really means! I don't know what you are, Bunker, but you're not a true-blue American!
- Mitch Turner: It's all settled! We're gonna burn these crosses tomorrow night!
- Archie Bunker: Hey, hey listen, fellas. They're not gonna burn tomorrow night.
- Mitch Turner: And why not?
- Archie Bunker: The paper says rain!
- Archie Bunker: Last night, I done maybe the dumbest thing in my whole life.
- Edith Bunker: Are you sure? You've lived a long time.
- Michael 'Meathead' Stivic: Come on, Arch, I can't believe you didn't know what you were getting into. You couldn't possibly be that stupid!
- Archie Bunker: That's what you think.
- Michael 'Meathead' Stivic: We're not gonna let these people frighten us. We're not gonna be driven out of our house, screaming in terror.
- Gloria Bunker-Stivic: What are we gonna do?
- Michael 'Meathead' Stivic: We're gonna leave quietly.
- Edith Bunker: Where are you goin'?
- Archie Bunker: I'm gonna go out and do somethin' I never thought I'd have to do as long as I lived.
- Edith Bunker: What?
- Archie Bunker: I'm gonna go out and think, Edith.