We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught

We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught. He can be killed and forgotten.

“We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught. He can be killed and forgotten. But four hundred years later an idea can still change the world.”

~V for Vendetta