Humanities › Literature Quotes From V for Vendetta These Quotes From V for Vendetta Carry a Social Message Share Flipboard Email Print Literature Quotations Great Lines from Movies and Television Funny Quotes Love Quotes Quotations For Holidays Best Sellers Classic Literature Plays & Drama Poetry Shakespeare Short Stories Children's Books By Simran Khurana Education Expert M.B.A, Human Resource Development and Management, Narsee Monjee Institution of Management Studies B.S., University of Mumbai, Commerce, Accounting, and Finance Simran Khurana is the Editor-in-Chief for ReachIvy, and a teacher and freelance writer and editor, who uses quotations in her pedagogy. our editorial process Simran Khurana Updated March 18, 2017 Quotes from "V for Vendetta:" FinchOne thing is true of all governments – their most reliable records are tax records.VFear became the ultimate tool of this government.VNo, 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.FinchIf our own government was responsible for the deaths of almost a hundred thousand people... would you really want to know?Evey HammondI wish I wasn't afraid all the time, but... I am.Evey HammondGod 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.CreedyDefiant 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!SutlerI want this country to realize that we stand on the edge of oblivion. I want everyone to remember why they need us!