ID: V from V for Vendetta saying “people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people”

  • @SirSamuelEnglish
    10•3 months ago

    …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…