““You fought well and you fought for justice.”
“Justice?” Hawkmoon called after him as he left the room. “Is there such a thing?”
“It can be manufactured in small quantities,” Fank told him. “But we have to work hard, fight well and use great wisdom to produce just a tiny amount.””

—  Michael Moorcock , book The Runestaff

Book 3, Chapter 17 “The Sad Queen” (p. 501)
The Runestaff (1969)

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