Quotes From V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta began as a comic book series. Written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd, it is based in an England which is under a totalitarian and oppressive government. V is an anarchical character who wants to bring about a revolution and destroy this government. However, his actions will affect the lives of other people. These quotes from V for Vendetta reveal the feelings and attitudes of the characters in the film.

Finch
One thing is true of all governments – their most reliable records are tax records.

V
Fear became the ultimate tool of this government.

V
No, what you have are bullets, and the hope that when your guns are empty, I'm no longer standing, because if I am... you'll all be dead before you've reloaded.

Finch
If our own government was responsible for the deaths of almost a hundred thousand people... would you really want to know?

Evey Hammond
I wish I wasn't afraid all the time, but... I am.

Evey Hammond
God is in the rain...

Evey Hammond
[about Guy Fawkes and his attempt to blow up Parliament] We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them... but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it... ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love...

And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man... A man that made me remember the fifth of November… a man that I will never forget.

Creedy
Defiant to the end, huh? You won't cry like him, will you? You're not afraid of death. You're like me.

Sutler
[shouts] We are being buried under the avalanche of your inadequacies, Mr. Creedy!

Sutler
I want this country to realize that we stand on the edge of oblivion. I want everyone to remember why they need us!