26 V for Vendetta Quotes That Will Provoke Your Thought

1. “Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”

2. “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

3. “The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.”

4. "There are no coincidences, Delia. Only the illusion of coincidences."

5. "Our integrity sells for so little, but is is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch, we are free."

6. "Beneath this mask, there is more than flesh and blood. Beneath this mask, there is an idea, Mr. Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof."

7. "Artists used lies to tell the truth, while politicians used them to cover the truth up."

8. "You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it."

9. "A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."

10. “I've witnessed firsthand 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.”

11. “Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and, for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.”

12. “We are told to remember the idea and 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.”

13. “Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgotten.”

14. "The only verdict is vengeance: a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous."

15. "I remember how the meaning of words began to change. How unfamiliar words like 'collateral' and 'rendition' became frightening, while things like Norsefire and the Articles of Allegiance became powerful. I remember how 'different' became dangerous. I still don't understand it, why they hate us so much."

16. "Even though I do not know you and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you...I love you. With all my heart, I love you."

17. "It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years, I had roses and apologized to know one."

18. "That’s the most beautiful thing you could have ever given me."

19. "It's a basic principle of the universe that every action causes an equal and opposing reaction."

20. "A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people."

21. “Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.”

22. “Love your rage, not your cage.”

23. "I didn't have to be Muslim to find the images beautiful, or the poetry moving."

24. "But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot."

25. "He Was Edmond Dantès. And he was my father and my mother, my brother, my friend. He was you and me. He was all of us."

26. "Then you have no fear anymore. You are completely free."