" We saved our lives, Ender.’ ‘No,’ said Ender. ‘That’s what we thought we were doing, and that’s what we should be judged for – but what we really did was slaughter a species that wanted desperately to make peace with us, to try to understand us – but they never understood what speech and language were. This is the first time they’ve had a chance to find a voice. "

― Orson Scott Card , Ender in Exile (Ender's Saga, #5)