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

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.

You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal.

Before Enron, I think people were a bit more naive about the way things worked, and I think Enron pulled the curtain back on unsavoury practices that turned out to be a lot more widespread.

Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.

My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.

But certainly I didn't know he was doing anything that was criminal.

I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

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