“I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.”
Kenneth Lay
“Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the bankruptcy of Enron. He was the man in control at the time the company failed. But failure is not a crime. Bankruptcy is not a crime.”
Mike Ramsey
“Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime.”
Michael Ramsey
“Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished fraud perpetrated on the American public by such companies as Enron, Global Crossing, Tyco and Adelphia, we finally got the ringleader. Maybe now we can lower the nation's terror alert to periwinkle.”
Jon Stewart
“the powerful lesson from Enron for me is the power of self delusion and how people rationalise and deceive themselves. And I think when Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling say they are innocent now, as they do with their trial approaching in early 2006, they mean it on a certain level. One smart financial observer said to me that he's never met the CEO of a fraudulent company who didn't come to believe in what he'd created.”
Bethany McLean
“This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no one finds out.”
Senator John Kerry
“[SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt told Congress Monday that government regulators are conducting an investigation into the Enron collapse.] When Enron began to implode, SEC issued a no-holds-barred investigation, ... But until the investigation is completed we cannot fairly assign blame.”
Harvey Pitt
