Here are the best phrases of V for Vendetta (V for Vendetta in Spain), a film based on the comic called 'V for Vendetta' by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd. These were later adapted for the big screen in 2005, in a play directed by James McTeigue.
The plot takes place in a future London, where V fights against a fascist regime to liberate England and its citizens. You may also be interested in these revolutionary quotes or these from Anonymous.
Original Guy Fawkes mask used by V in V for Vengeance. Taken at the Musée des miniatures et décors de cinéma. Source: Wikimedia Commons - Enrique Dans from Madrid, Spain
Movie phrases
-Failure is to invite doubt into everything we believe in, everything we have fought for. Doubt will plunge this country back into chaos, and I will not let that happen. -Adam.
-The past cannot hurt you more, unless you let it. -V.
- Stealing implies possession. You can't steal the censor, I merely claimed it. -V.
-The coincidences do not exist, only the illusion of coincidences. -V
"I suspect that if they did find this place, a few works of art would be the least of my worries." -V.
-The only verdict is revenge, a revenge offered as an offering, not in vain. -V.
-Do you prefer a lie or the truth? -V.
-Under this mask, there is more than flesh and blood, under this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. -V.
-Now is my turn. -V.
"Gentlemen, I want you to find this terrorist… and understand what terror really means." -Sutler.
-Your powers of observation continue to serve you well. -V.
-The people should not be afraid of their government, the government should be afraid of their people. -V.
-You said you wanted to live a life without fear. I wish there was a simpler way, but there wasn't. -V.
-Violence can be used for good. -V.
-Now it was enough. It's time to see your face. Take your mask off. -Creedy.
-The only thing we have in common, Mr. Creedy, is that we are both about to die. -V.
-My time to meet my creator has come, as well as to pay him in the same way for everything he has done. -V.
-I killed you 10 minutes ago while you were sleeping. -V.
-He was Edmond Dantes. And he was my father, and my mother, my brother, my friend. He was you, and me. He was all of us. -Evey.
-There is no court in this country for men like Prothero. -V.
"Not so much fun now, is it, Mr. Comedian?" -Creedy.
-I, like most of you, appreciate the comforts of the daily routine, the security of the familiar and the tranquility of repetition. -V.
-No one will ever forget that night and what it meant to this country. But I will never forget that man and what he meant to me. -Evey.
-And so I cover my villainy with some loose pieces taken from the holy books and I look like a saint when I represent a demon. -V, quoting Richard III from Shakespeare.
-I hope, whoever you are, that you escape from this place. I hope the world changes and things get better. -Valerie.
-We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. -Evey.
-Well, the worst villains of nature multiply over him… and fortune smiled at his damned cause as if he were the traitor's whore… disdaining fate and brandishing his steel that was already smoking with his bloody acts. -V, quoting Macbeth.
-Tonight, our country faces a serious and terrible threat. This unprecedented assault on our security will not go without retaliation. Our enemy is deceptive and seeks to divide us and destroy the foundations of our nation. -Sutler.
-But what I want most is that you understand what I want to tell you when I tell you, that even when I don't know you, and even if I never get to know you, I laugh with you, cry with you and kiss you, I love you. I love you with all my heart. -Valerie.
-A fake ID works better than a Guy Fawkes mask. -Evey.
-In that cell you found something that mattered more than your life. It was when they threatened to kill you unless you gave them what they wanted… and you told them that you would rather die. You faced your death, Evey. -V.
-We finally meet. I have something for you, Chancellor, a parting gift. For everything he has done, for everything he could have done and for the only thing left to him. -V.
-Does apologizing make no sense? -Delia.
-Never. -V.
-I remember how different became dangerous. -Valerie.
-Our integrity is sold for so little, but it is really all we have. It is the last bit that remains of us, and within that little time, we are free. We must not lose it or give it up. We must not let them take it from us. -Valerie.
-I'm really sorry, but I can't take that risk. -V.
-Strength through unity! Unity through faith! -Lewis Prothero.
-It seems strange to me that my life has to end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had had roses and I had not apologized to anyone. -Valerie.
-This country needs more than a building now. You need hope. -Evey.
-Vi veri Veniversum vivus vici. -Evey.
-By the power of truth, as long as I live, I have conquered the universe. -V, quoting Dr. John Faust.
-I remember them fighting at night. Mom wanted to leave the country. Dad refused to do it. She said that if we fled they would win. That they would win, as if it were a game. -Evey Hammond.
-I thought about keeping this, but it didn't seem right, knowing that you wrote it. -Evey.
-After so many years you begin to lose more than your appetite. You wear a mask for so long that you forget who you are behind it. -Deitrich.
-What you have are bullets, and the hope that when your weapons are empty I will not be standing, because if I am all of you will be dead before reloading. -V.
-The problem is that he knows us more than we know ourselves. This is why I went to Larkhill last night. -Finch.
-Remember, remember, the fifth of November, the plot of the gunpowder and the conspiracy. I see no reason for the forgetfulness of gunpowder and treason. -V.
-This could be the most important moment of your life. Commit to it. -V.
"Is that what you really think or what they would like you to think?" -V.
- Challenging until the end, right? You won't cry like him, will you? You are not afraid of death. You are like me. -Creedy.
-I, like God, do not play with the odds or believe in coincidences. -V.
-There is no certainty, only opportunity. -V.
-I promise you it will be in a way you've never seen it before. -V.
-My father was a writer, you would have liked him. He used to say that artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to hide it. -Evey.
-A revolution without dancing is a revolution that is not worth having. -V.
-No good deed goes unpunished. -Dominic.
-You don't want to run away from it, Evey. You've been running your whole life. -V.
-I would like to think that this is possible. But every time I have seen this world change, it has always been for the worse. -Evey.
-A building is a symbol, as is its act of destruction. Symbols are empowered by people. Alone, a symbol doesn't make sense, but with enough people, destroying a building can change the world. -V.
-Good guys win, bad guys lose, and as always England prevails! -Lewis.
-God is in the rain. -Evey.
Comics phrases
-The end is closer than you think, it's already written. All that is left for us to choose is the right time to start. -V.
-The most affected are always those who least understand. -V.
"You don't have to rely on silent majorities, Evey." Silence is fragile and a scream can break it. -V.
-I didn't put you in prison. I just showed you the bars. -V.
-Equality and freedom are not luxuries to be discarded with extreme lightness. Without them, order cannot endure before approaching depths beyond imagination. -V.
-They tell us that life is a game, and then they take the board. -V.
-With so much chaos, someone will do something stupid, and when they do, things will get ugly. -V.
-Noise is always relative to the silence that precedes it. The more absolute the silence, the more shocking the noise. -V.
-Who? Who am I but the form followed by the function of what, and what I am is a masked man. -V.
-Everyone is special. All the world. Everyone is a hero, a lover, a madman, a villain. All the world. -V.
-Let me show you my firm belief. -V.
-Although recognition has been delayed by its convoluted construction, now the pattern, hidden for a long time, comes into view. -V.
-Good morning, London. I think it's time for us to have a little talk. -V.
-The world is a stage, and everything else is vaudeville. -V.
-If our own government were responsible for the deaths of almost one hundred thousand people, would you really want to know? -Finch.
-Love your rage, not your cage.
-I'm the king of the twentieth century. I am the bogeyman, the villain, the black sheep of the family. -V.
-There will be no reward for the wicked… but the righteous can get it whenever they want. -Dennis.
-Our teachers have not heard people's voices for generations, and they are much louder than they care to remember. V.
-I surrender to this riddle. I just want to turn the page and read the answers. -Evey.
-When authority first detects chaos on its heels, it will resort to the vilest schemes to protect its orderly facade. -V.
-I don't want to hear about freedom. I don't want to hear about individual freedom. They are luxuries, and I don't believe in luxuries. -Sutler.
-The authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. It turns people into joyless mannequins they fear and hate, while culture plunges them into emptiness. -V.
-Who imprisoned me here? Who keeps me here? Who can free me? Who controls and restricts my life… but myself? -V.
-Anarchy implies the inexistence of leaders, not the lack of order. This is not anarchy, Eve. This is chaos. -V.
-While a truncheon can be used in place of a conversation, words will always retain their power. -V.
-Everyone has a story to tell. -V.
-You must understand that knowledge is not always your entire legacy. It also includes courage and beliefs, like hers that we celebrate here… and romance. Always, always, romance. -V.
-With anarchy a new life arises from the ruins and hope is restored. They say that anarchy is dead, but look: the rumors about my death… they were exaggerated. -V quoting Mark Twain.
-Anarchy has two faces, a creative and a destructive one. Thus the destroyers destroy empires and create a canvas of rubble where the creators can build a new world. -V.
-One thing is true for all governments, their most reliable records are the prosecutors. -Finch.
-Knowledge, as well as air, is vital for life. In the same way, like air, it should not be denied to anyone. -V.
-The Romans invented fascism. A bundle of tied branches was his symbol. A branch can be broken, but the bundle remains. Fascism is the force of unity. -Sutler.
-If I am sure of one thing, Inspector, it is that this government will not survive if it is subject to its feelings. -V.
-I think he's a leading psychopath. I use the word in its most precise sense. -Finch talking about V.
"We are being buried under the avalanche of your incompetencies, Mr. Creedy." -Sutler.
-I am not questioning your powers of observation, I simply emphasize the paradox that results from asking who is a masked man. -V.
-A man behind my own heart. -V.
-A perfect entrance, the great illusion. It's everything. And I'll tear the house down -V.
-Your beautiful empire took so long to build, and now, with a snap of history's fingers, it's collapsed. -V.