Quotes from Kenneth Lay

Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away.

We don't break the law.

I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses.

We've tried to get as much supply into California as we can.

Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled.

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.

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.

We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people.

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.

But I can't take responsibility for criminal conduct of somebody inside the company.

The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants.

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.

Trillions of dollars every day are being exchanged around the world in all of the financial markets.

I mean, our primary businesses in wholesale pipelines, utilities, retail, were all doing extremely well.

But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis.

In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.

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.

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.

I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.

We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.

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.

You'll have lower prices under deregulation than you will through regulation.

Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.

But indeed a market like California is not good for Enron.