no moral equivalence between a free society in which people sometimes make the wrong choices and a criminal sect bent on destruction

"And like W, Batman understands that there is no moral equivalence between a free society -- in which people sometimes make the wrong choices -- and a criminal sect bent on destruction. The former must be cherished even in its moments of folly; the latter must be hounded to the gates of Hell"

From Wall Street Journal Movie Review: What Bush and Batman Have in Common, By Andrew Klavan July 25, 2008