V for Vendetta

One memorable quotation from the movie V for Vendetta  is "The people should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

I agree with what V is saying here. He makes a good point, because a society should not have to live in fear of the government, as is the case with the characters in this movie. Since they have a totalitarian government where police have no limits and control almost every aspect of public life, people were terrified. This is shown in the opening scene of the film, where Evey is out after curfew and V saves her from rape at the hands of the police.

 V proves the second part of this quote throughout the movie, because he makes the government afraid of him and his power. It is apparent that V believes "governments should be afraid of their people." He is an anarchist revolutionary, who stands against the government. The government is afraid of V because he evaded and outsmarted police easily, killed many people, and blew up the Bailey courtrooms. The government was afraid of V also because of the number of people that were joining his side, and rebelling against the government.

This quotation is relatable to parts of the world today. There are still some countries that have totalitarian governments, that make people afraid. For example, the government in North Korea can be related to this.

See more about V for Vendetta here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/