“Enron got in trouble with too much debt. Investors and analysts didn't realize how much debt they had because it was hidden.”
Mike Barbis
“Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, ''If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Merrill knew full well that Enron was trying to structure deals so that debt was hidden off balance sheet and cash flow was manufactured,”
Carl Levin
“Last year people got panicky about corporate debt because of Enron and WorldCom. The spread (between government and corporate bonds) got too big and the market reversed.”
Russel Kinnel
“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
“I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.”
Kenneth Lay
“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
