V for Vendetta Quotes
Gordon Deitrich: You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
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Lewis Prothero: So I read that the former United States is so desperate for medical supplies that they have allegedly sent several containers filled with wheat and tobacco. A gesture, they said, of good will. You wanna know what I think? Well, you're listening to my show, so I will assume you do... I think it's high time we let the colonies know what we really think of them. I think its payback time for a little tea party they threw for us a few hundred years ago. I say we go down to those docks tonight and dump that crap where everything from the Ulcered Sphincter of Ass-erica belongs! Who's with me? Who's bloody with me? [audience applauds]
Lewis Prothero: Did you like that? USA... Ulcered Sphincter of Ass-erica, I mean what else can you say? Here was a country that had everything, absolutely everything. And now, 20 years later, is what? The world's biggest leper colony. Why? Godlessness. Let me say that again... Godlessness. It wasn't the war they started. It wasn't the plague they created. It was Judgement. No one escapes their past. No one escapes Judgement. You think he's not up there? You think he's not watching over this country? How else can you explain it? He tested us, but we came through. We did what we had to do. Islington. Enfield. I was there, I saw it all. Immigrants, Muslims, homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I'm a God-fearing Englishman and I'm goddamn proud of it!
Lewis Prothero: Did you like that? USA... Ulcered Sphincter of Ass-erica, I mean what else can you say? Here was a country that had everything, absolutely everything. And now, 20 years later, is what? The world's biggest leper colony. Why? Godlessness. Let me say that again... Godlessness. It wasn't the war they started. It wasn't the plague they created. It was Judgement. No one escapes their past. No one escapes Judgement. You think he's not up there? You think he's not watching over this country? How else can you explain it? He tested us, but we came through. We did what we had to do. Islington. Enfield. I was there, I saw it all. Immigrants, Muslims, homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I'm a God-fearing Englishman and I'm goddamn proud of it!
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V: [V enters Evey's field of vision as she walks into the Shadow Gallery, directly from the prison] Hello, Evey.
Evey Hammond: You. It was you.
V: [quietly] Yeah.
Evey Hammond: [gestures behind her] That wasn't real... Is Gordon - ?
V: I'm sorry, but Mr. Deitrich's dead. I thought they'd arrest him, but when they found a Koran in his house, they had him executed.
Evey Hammond: [whispers] Oh God...
V: Fortunately, I got to you before they did.
Evey Hammond: You got to me? You did this to me? You cut my hair? You tortured me? You tortured me! Why?
V: You said you wanted to live without fear. I wish there'd been an easier way, but there wasn't. [Evey whispers, Oh my God...?]
V: I know you may never forgive me... but nor will you understand how hard it was for me to do what I did. Every day I saw in myself everything you see in me now. Every day I wanted to end it, but each time you refused to give in, I knew I couldn't.
Evey Hammond: You're *sick*! You're *evil*!
V: *You* could've ended it, Evey, you could've given in. But you didn't. Why?
Evey Hammond: Leave me alone! I *hate* you!
V: That's it! See, at first I thought it was hate, too. Hate was all I knew, it built my world, it imprisoned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe. I thought I'd die with all my hate in my veins. But then something happened. It happened to me... just as it happened to you.
Evey Hammond: Shut up! I *don't* want to hear your lies!
V: Your own father said that artists use lies t
Evey Hammond: You. It was you.
V: [quietly] Yeah.
Evey Hammond: [gestures behind her] That wasn't real... Is Gordon - ?
V: I'm sorry, but Mr. Deitrich's dead. I thought they'd arrest him, but when they found a Koran in his house, they had him executed.
Evey Hammond: [whispers] Oh God...
V: Fortunately, I got to you before they did.
Evey Hammond: You got to me? You did this to me? You cut my hair? You tortured me? You tortured me! Why?
V: You said you wanted to live without fear. I wish there'd been an easier way, but there wasn't. [Evey whispers, Oh my God...?]
V: I know you may never forgive me... but nor will you understand how hard it was for me to do what I did. Every day I saw in myself everything you see in me now. Every day I wanted to end it, but each time you refused to give in, I knew I couldn't.
Evey Hammond: You're *sick*! You're *evil*!
V: *You* could've ended it, Evey, you could've given in. But you didn't. Why?
Evey Hammond: Leave me alone! I *hate* you!
V: That's it! See, at first I thought it was hate, too. Hate was all I knew, it built my world, it imprisoned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe. I thought I'd die with all my hate in my veins. But then something happened. It happened to me... just as it happened to you.
Evey Hammond: Shut up! I *don't* want to hear your lies!
V: Your own father said that artists use lies t
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V: [Quoting Macbeth from Macbeth Act I Scene 7] I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.
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V: More than 400 years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of government remain unknown to you, then I suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked.
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V : What was done to me was monstrous.
Evey Hammond : And they created a monster.
Evey Hammond : And they created a monster.
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Lewis Prothero : So I read that the former United States is so desperate for medical supplies that they have allegedly sent several containers filled with wheat and tobacco. A gesture, they said, of good will. You wanna know what I think? Well, you're listening to my show, so I will assume you do... I think it's high time we let the colonies know what we really think of them. I think its payback time for a little tea party they threw for us a few hundred years ago. I say we go down to those docks tonight and dump that crap where everything from the Ulcered Sphincter of Arse-erica belongs! Who's with me? Who's bloody with me? [ audience applauds ]
Lewis Prothero : Did you like that? USA... Ulcered Sphincter of Arse-erica, I mean what else can you say? Here was a country that had everything, absolutely everything. And now, 20 years later, is what? The world's biggest leper colony. Why? Godlessness. Let me say that again... Godlessness. It wasn't the war they started. It wasn't the plague they created. It was Judgement. No one escapes their past. No one escapes Judgement. You think he's not up there? You think he's not watching over this country? How else can you explain it? He tested us, but we came through. We did what we had to do. Islington. Enfield. I was there, I saw it all. Immigrants, Muslims, homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I'm a God-fearing Englishman and I'm goddamn proud of it!
Lewis Prothero : Did you like that? USA... Ulcered Sphincter of Arse-erica, I mean what else can you say? Here was a country that had everything, absolutely everything. And now, 20 years later, is what? The world's biggest leper colony. Why? Godlessness. Let me say that again... Godlessness. It wasn't the war they started. It wasn't the plague they created. It was Judgement. No one escapes their past. No one escapes Judgement. You think he's not up there? You think he's not watching over this country? How else can you explain it? He tested us, but we came through. We did what we had to do. Islington. Enfield. I was there, I saw it all. Immigrants, Muslims, homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I'm a God-fearing Englishman and I'm goddamn proud of it!
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V : [ V enters Evey's field of vision as she walks into the Shadow Gallery, directly from the prison ] Hello, Evey.
Evey Hammond : You. It was you.
V : [ quietly ] Yeah.
Evey Hammond : [ gestures behind her ] That wasn't real... Is Gordon - ?
V : I'm sorry, but Mr. Deitrich's dead. I thought they'd arrest him, but when they found a Koran in his house, they had him executed.
Evey Hammond : [ whispers ] Oh God...
V : Fortunately, I got to you before they did.
Evey Hammond : You got to me? You did this to me? You cut my hair? You tortured me? You tortured me! Why?
V : You said you wanted to live without fear. I wish there'd been an easier way, but there wasn't. [ Evey whispers, "Oh my God...? ]
V : I know you may never forgive me... but nor will you understand how hard it was for me to do what I did. Every day I saw in myself everything you see in me now. Every day I wanted to end it, but each time you refused to give in, I knew I couldn't.
Evey Hammond : You're *sick*! You're *evil*!
V : *You* could've ended it, Evey, you could've given in. But you didn't. Why?
Evey Hammond : Leave me alone! I *hate* you!
V : That's it! See, at first I thought it was hate, too. Hate was all I knew, it built my world, it imprisoned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe. I thought I'd die with all my hate in my veins. But then something happened. It happened to me... just as it happened to you.
Evey Hammond : Shut up! I *don't* want to hear your lies!
V : Your own father said that artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.
Evey Hammond : No.
Evey Hammond : You. It was you.
V : [ quietly ] Yeah.
Evey Hammond : [ gestures behind her ] That wasn't real... Is Gordon - ?
V : I'm sorry, but Mr. Deitrich's dead. I thought they'd arrest him, but when they found a Koran in his house, they had him executed.
Evey Hammond : [ whispers ] Oh God...
V : Fortunately, I got to you before they did.
Evey Hammond : You got to me? You did this to me? You cut my hair? You tortured me? You tortured me! Why?
V : You said you wanted to live without fear. I wish there'd been an easier way, but there wasn't. [ Evey whispers, "Oh my God...? ]
V : I know you may never forgive me... but nor will you understand how hard it was for me to do what I did. Every day I saw in myself everything you see in me now. Every day I wanted to end it, but each time you refused to give in, I knew I couldn't.
Evey Hammond : You're *sick*! You're *evil*!
V : *You* could've ended it, Evey, you could've given in. But you didn't. Why?
Evey Hammond : Leave me alone! I *hate* you!
V : That's it! See, at first I thought it was hate, too. Hate was all I knew, it built my world, it imprisoned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe. I thought I'd die with all my hate in my veins. But then something happened. It happened to me... just as it happened to you.
Evey Hammond : Shut up! I *don't* want to hear your lies!
V : Your own father said that artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.
Evey Hammond : No.
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V : I told you, only truth. For 20 years, I sought only this day. Nothing else existed... until I saw you. Then everything changed. I fell in love with you Evey. And to think I no longer believed I could.
Evey Hammond : But I don't want you to die.
V : That's the most beautiful thing you could have ever given me.
Evey Hammond : But I don't want you to die.
V : That's the most beautiful thing you could have ever given me.
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Delia Surridge : You've come to kill me, haven't you?
V : Yes.
Delia Surridge : Thank God.
V : Yes.
Delia Surridge : Thank God.
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V : [ Evey pulls out her mace ] I can assure you I mean you no harm.
Evey Hammond : Who are you?
V : Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey Hammond : Well I can see that.
V : Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey Hammond : Oh. Right.
V : But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona.
V : Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. [ carves "V" into poster on wall ]
V : 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.
V : [ giggles ]
V : Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Evey Hammond : Are you, like, a crazy person?
V : I am quite sure they will say so. But to whom, might I ask, am I speaking with?
Evey Hammond : I'm Evey.
V : Evey? E-V. Of course you are.
Evey Hammond : What does that mean?
V : It means that I, like God, do not play with dice and I don't belie
Evey Hammond : Who are you?
V : Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey Hammond : Well I can see that.
V : Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey Hammond : Oh. Right.
V : But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona.
V : Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. [ carves "V" into poster on wall ]
V : 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.
V : [ giggles ]
V : Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Evey Hammond : Are you, like, a crazy person?
V : I am quite sure they will say so. But to whom, might I ask, am I speaking with?
Evey Hammond : I'm Evey.
V : Evey? E-V. Of course you are.
Evey Hammond : What does that mean?
V : It means that I, like God, do not play with dice and I don't belie
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Gordon Deitrich : [ about his TV show ] We threw out the censor-approved script and shot a new one that I wrote this morning.
Evey Hammond : [ dumbfounded ] Oh, my God... [ Evey gulps her champagne as the TV camera pans over the clapping audience, revealing soldiers aiming shotguns; Evey chokes ]
Evey Hammond : [ dumbfounded ] Oh, my God... [ Evey gulps her champagne as the TV camera pans over the clapping audience, revealing soldiers aiming shotguns; Evey chokes ]
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Evey Hammond : What is that you're making?
Gordon Deitrich : We call it "eggie in the basket". My mum used to make them.
Evey Hammond : This is weird.
Gordon Deitrich : What?
Evey Hammond : The first morning I was with him, he made me eggs just like this.
Gordon Deitrich : Really?
Evey Hammond : I swear.
Gordon Deitrich : That is a strange coincidence. Although, there's an obvious explanation.
Evey Hammond : There is?
Gordon Deitrich : Yes, Evey. I am V. At last you know the truth. You're stunned, I know. It's hard to believe isn't it, that beneath this wrinkled, well-fed exterior there lies a dangerous killing machine with a fetish for Fawkesian masks. ¡Viva la revolución!
Evey Hammond : That is *not* funny, Gordon.
Gordon Deitrich : [ sighs ] Yeah, I know. I'm useless without a studio audience.
Gordon Deitrich : We call it "eggie in the basket". My mum used to make them.
Evey Hammond : This is weird.
Gordon Deitrich : What?
Evey Hammond : The first morning I was with him, he made me eggs just like this.
Gordon Deitrich : Really?
Evey Hammond : I swear.
Gordon Deitrich : That is a strange coincidence. Although, there's an obvious explanation.
Evey Hammond : There is?
Gordon Deitrich : Yes, Evey. I am V. At last you know the truth. You're stunned, I know. It's hard to believe isn't it, that beneath this wrinkled, well-fed exterior there lies a dangerous killing machine with a fetish for Fawkesian masks. ¡Viva la revolución!
Evey Hammond : That is *not* funny, Gordon.
Gordon Deitrich : [ sighs ] Yeah, I know. I'm useless without a studio audience.
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Dascomb : Chancellor, there is a contingency that has not been addressed.
Sutler : And what is that, Mr. Dascomb?
Dascomb : Should the terrorist succeed...
Sutler : He won't!
Dascomb : I understand that it is highly unlikely, but if he does...
Sutler : If he does, and something happens to that building, the only thing that will change, the only difference it will make is that tomorrow morning, instead of a newspaper I will be reading Mr. Creedy's resignation!
Sutler : And what is that, Mr. Dascomb?
Dascomb : Should the terrorist succeed...
Sutler : He won't!
Dascomb : I understand that it is highly unlikely, but if he does...
Sutler : If he does, and something happens to that building, the only thing that will change, the only difference it will make is that tomorrow morning, instead of a newspaper I will be reading Mr. Creedy's resignation!
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Evey Hammond : Are you like a... crazy person?
V : I'm quite sure they will say so.
V : I'm quite sure they will say so.
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Interrogator : I am instructed to inform you that you have been convicted by special tribunal and that unless you are ready to offer your cooperation you are to be executed. Do you understand what I'm telling you?
Evey Hammond : Yes.
Interrogator : Are you ready to cooperate?
Evey Hammond : No.
Interrogator : Very well. Escort Ms. Hammond back to her cell. Arrange a detail of six men and take her out behind the chemical shed and shoot her.
Guard : It's time.
Evey Hammond : I'm ready.
Guard : Look all they want is one little piece of information, just give them something, anything.
Evey Hammond : Thank you, but I'd rather die behind the chemical sheds.
Guard : Then you have no fear any more. You're completely free.
Evey Hammond : Yes.
Interrogator : Are you ready to cooperate?
Evey Hammond : No.
Interrogator : Very well. Escort Ms. Hammond back to her cell. Arrange a detail of six men and take her out behind the chemical shed and shoot her.
Guard : It's time.
Evey Hammond : I'm ready.
Guard : Look all they want is one little piece of information, just give them something, anything.
Evey Hammond : Thank you, but I'd rather die behind the chemical sheds.
Guard : Then you have no fear any more. You're completely free.
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V : [ as "The Count of Monte Cristo" ends ] Did you like it?
Evey Hammond : Yeah. But it made me feel sorry for Mercedes.
V : Why?
Evey Hammond : Because he cared more about revenge than he did about her.
Evey Hammond : Yeah. But it made me feel sorry for Mercedes.
V : Why?
Evey Hammond : Because he cared more about revenge than he did about her.
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Delia Surridge : Oppenheimer was able to change more than the course of a war. He changed the entire course of human history. Is it wrong to hold on to that kind of hope?
V : I have not come for what you hoped to do. I've come for what you did.
V : I have not come for what you hoped to do. I've come for what you did.
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V : Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? 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. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bail
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V : It is to Madame Justice that I dedicate this concerto, in honor of the holiday that is sadly no longer remembered, and in recognition of the impostor that stands in her stead. Tell me Evey, do you know what day it is?
Evey Hammond : Um, November the 4th.
V : [ midnight church bells ring ] Not anymore. Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.
Evey Hammond : Um, November the 4th.
V : [ midnight church bells ring ] Not anymore. Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.
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Sutler : [ actor on Deitrich's show ] Ah! Warm milk, there's nothing better.
Gordon Deitrich : I understand you enjoy a glass every night, chancellor.
Sutler : [ the real chancellor watches, holding a glass of milk ] Since I was a boy.
Gordon Deitrich : I understand you enjoy a glass every night, chancellor.
Sutler : [ the real chancellor watches, holding a glass of milk ] Since I was a boy.
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Evey Hammond : [ after V leads Evey up to an empty rooftop, promising her an orchestra ] I don't see any instruments.
V : Your powers of observation continue to serve you well.
V : Your powers of observation continue to serve you well.
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Valerie : 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.
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Valerie : It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us. I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the worlds turns, and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that, 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. Valerie.
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Valerie : But America's war grew worse and worse and eventually it came to London. After that there were no roses anymore. Not for anyone.
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Valerie : They took Ruth while she was out buying food. I've never cried so hard in my life. It wasn't long till they came for me.
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