Peter Appleton: I thought this was a democracy.
Leo Kubelsky: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, they're all just pieces of paper with signatures on them. And you know what a piece of paper with a signature is: a contract. Something that can be renegotiated at any time. Just so happens that the House un-American activities committee is renegotiating the contract this time around. Next time it will be somebody else, but it will always be somebody.
Jerry the Bartender: I wouldn't know J. Edgar Hoover if he walked in here wearing a dress.
Luke Trimble: When bullies rise up, the rest of us have to beat them back down, whatever the cost. That's a simple idea, I suppose, but one worth giving everything for.
Elvin Clyde: Who did you go as?
Peter Appleton: A horny young man.
Adele: This is a free country, you can be a communist if you want to be a communist.
Adele: You remember movies but you don't remember your life?
Answer: Emmett was the only person that knew for sure. And he answers your question in the movie. "The town needed you to be Luke." He knew, but he did not want to rain on everyone's joy. Adele also eludes to the fact that she was pretty much fooling herself because she wanted to believe it. Bob also kept quiet for a similar reason to Emmett. He did not want to take away from the town's joy. Especially after so much loss and heartbreak everyone had been through. He was willing to put his dislike for Peter to the side for the time being.
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