“Only a cynical man would call what these people have "lives," Wayne....” – Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul, Batman Begins ... Movie Quotes Database

Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul

"Only a cynical man would call what these people have "lives," Wayne. Crime. Despair. This is not how man was supposed to live. The League of Shadows has been a check against human corruption for thousands of years. We sacked Rome; loaded trade ships with plague rats; burned London to the ground. Every time a civilization reaches the pinnacle of its decadence, we return to restore the balance."

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Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul "No one can save Gotham. When a forest grows too wild, a purging fire is inevitable and natural. Tomorrow the world will watch in horror as its greatest city tears itself apart, through fear. The movement back to harmony will be unstoppable this time." Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul "We are back to finish the job. And this time no misguided idealists will get in the way. Like your father, you lack the courage to do all that is necessary. If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them and stab them in the heart." Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul "Justice is balance. You burned my house and left me for dead. Consider us even."