The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy.
Dune Messiah: The Second Dune Novel (ed. Hachette UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9780575104426