The Joker groaned in exasperation and rolled his head, cracking his neck and giving the Batman a deadpan stare. "You're almost as bad as Harvey was, before he started to come around. You don't get it."

He lashed out with a hand suddenly, aiming for the Batman's throat; his expression twisted into one of an annoyed teacher trying to get through to a troubled student. "The only thing that ruins people is the cage you and your goddamned rules put them in. I'm not destroying the city and its people, you are. You're keeping them from reaching the potential of human life, from - you know what you are, Batman? You're the Athenian trial to my Socrates."