Aggressive accounting does not mean illegal accounting. Kenneth Lay More Quotes by Kenneth Lay More Quotes From Kenneth Lay I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never any criminal laws.. and always maintained that most important to me was my integrity, was my character, were my values. Kenneth Lay responsibilityintegritycharacter The collapse of Enron and the subsequent collapse of Arthur Andersen were tremendous tragedies. But as I stated at the time of my indictment on July 8, 2004, failure does not equate to a crime. Kenneth Lay julyfailuretragedy There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues. Kenneth Lay economyissuesproblem I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare. Kenneth Lay lastsdreamyears I don't fear jail because I know I'm not guilty. I know I did nothing wrong. I did nothing criminal and I also believe my God will get me through this. Kenneth Lay jailmistakebelieve The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal. Kenneth Lay criminalslastswould-be I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad. But I cannot take responsibility for criminal conduct that I was unaware of. Kenneth Lay criminalsresponsibilitymistake We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people. Kenneth Lay ablestrongpeople They can't do without electricity. They can do with less electricity. Kenneth Lay electricityeconomycan-do If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law. Kenneth Lay scandalcorruptionlaw I always took my role as a leader, and certainly chairman and CEO of a major company very seriously as to our employees and trying to create opportunities for them and create opportunities where they could even, as I said many times, could realize their God-given potential and maybe realize more potential than even they realize they had. Kenneth Lay leaderopportunitytrying You'd rather have a surplus versus a shortage in your position. Kenneth Lay shortagesurpluseconomy I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed. Kenneth Lay strongrunningtwo Trillions of dollars every day are being exchanged around the world in all of the financial markets. Kenneth Lay dollarsfinancialworld Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework. Kenneth Lay electricityeconomysides It's been very interesting. We've seen a lot of interesting testimony. We've seen a lot of interesting people, a lot of allegations, a lot of lies, a lot of misinformation and some truth. Kenneth Lay lyingpeopleinteresting Every market is in transition. Kenneth Lay economytransition I don't think I'm a criminal, number one. Kenneth Lay criminalsnumbersthinking Investors don't like uncertainty. Kenneth Lay investorsuncertainty Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities. Kenneth Lay commodityenergytoday
