"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

Remember, Remember the Fifth of November » The Anthropik Network:

"In the 1980’s comic V for Vendetta, V models himself in the image of that infamous terrorist. In an alternative timeline in which the United States and the Soviet Union destroyed each other in nuclear war, England survived by becoming a fascist dystopia. This government becomes the target of an elaborate plot devised by the terrorist and anarchist known only as V. Wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, V begins his campaign against the state by succeeding where Fawkes failed—blowing up Parliament.

...V is a very rare case as far as superheroes go—a superhero whose philosophy is openly anarchist. Most superheroes are dedicated toward upholding the law, which presents writers with a dilemma. How can they portray a person who is ultimately breaking the law by taking it into his own hands as enforcers of the law?

...For that matter, what gives any superhero the right to use the violent and destructive measures they so often employ?

...this idea of the greater good is how superheroes operate. The superhero is allowed to use any amount force to achieve his goals. No one else is.

...This is a theme that often crops up with Batman, who, depending on the writer, may be seen either as an agent of the state or as a masked vigilante. Frank Miller’s portrayal of Batman in the popular series The Dark Knight Returns deals largely with this issue of monopoly of force. The story features a Caped Crusader at the end of his years, having lost the support of the public and the government, engaged in a vindictive campaign to restore Gotham.

...Even in Batman, however, there is a constant need for comic book writers to reaffirm the legitimacy of the state’s concept of justice. V is the extremely rare example of a superhero who finds himself not only unaligned with the state, but actively opposed to the state. In this way it might be said that V for Vendetta actually has more in common with politically charged stories such as George Orwell's similarly dystopian 1984 than it does with the tales of V’s comic book counterparts.

Even more surprising is that V's concept of anarchy appears to be as accurate as it is eloquent. V is careful to distinguish between anarchy and chaos—between "the land of do-as-you-please" and "the land of take-what-you-want." And while written over 20 years ago, the ideas in V for Vendetta are just as important to audiences today, if not moreso.

V’s response to the concept of monopoly of force can be found in the poster for the film:

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.