"Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice."

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Source : William McIlvanney (2013). “Laidlaw”, Canongate Books

William McIlvanney

#Thinking Quotes #Law Quotes #Justice Quotes

“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.”
“Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?”
“Art is one of the dirtiest words in our language; it's mucked up with all kinds of meanings. There's the art of plumbing; there's the art of almost anything that you can say.”
“...heavy investments in information technology have delivered disappointing results - largely because companies tend to use technology to mechanize old ways of doing business...Instead of embedding outdated processes in silicon and software, we should obliterate them and start over.”

Source : "Reengineering work: don't automate, obliterate". Harvard Business Review, Volume 68, No.4, pp. 104, 1990.
“Let each man have according to his deserts.”
“During youth a blossoming and budding forth tries to happen from inside out as each young person encounters what is seeded in them and gifted in their soul.”
“The ministers argue that within the context of scripture there's a requirement given by God that you've got to give ten percent of your income to the church. And if you give ten percent - here's the hook - God is going to reward your faithfulness by giving you that ten percent back, and a whole lot more.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.”

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