bruce wayne: people are dying, alfred. what would you have me do? alfred pennyworth: endure, master wayne. take it. he'll hate you for it. but that's the point of batman, he can be the outcast. he can make the choice that no one else can make, the righteous.
two-face: the only justice in an unfair world is chance.
bruce wayne: that man in burma, did you ever catch him? alfred pennyworth: oh yes. bruce wayne: how? alfred pennyworth: we burned the forest.
the joker: look what i have done to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple bullets. nobody panics when the expected people get killed. nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plans are horrifying. if i tell the press that tomorrow a gangbanger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will get blown up, nobody panics. but when i say one little old mayor will die, everyone loses their minds! introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. i am an agent of chaos. and you know the thing about chaos, harvey? it's fair.
harvey dent: you thought we could be decent men in an indecent world. but you were wrong; the world is cruel, and the only morality in a cruel world is chance.
batman: sometimes, truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
lt. james gordon: we'll have to hunt you. batman: you'll hunt me. you'll condemn me, you'll set the dogs on me. but that's what has to happen.
lt. james gordon: because he's the hero gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now...and so we'll hunt him, because he can take it. because he's not a hero. he's a silent guardian, a watchful protector...a dark knight.