Ken Cuccinelli Quotes

I hope we’re on the road to more truth-telling to investors.

I fully support accountability and transparency.

Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank.

No, I was pleased that it is possible for somebody who makes full disclosure as I've done, not only of the contributors, but also how the money is spent.

There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokerage firms; there will always be people who set out to deceive the regulators and even deceive their own senior management.

We are totally open kimono with regulators.

The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today's marketplace.

You cannot have fairness unless you have transparency…We don’t know that is going on inside those boxes … we could have a meltdown [in the entire economy].

I have gone to great lengths, and in some cases beyond what is required by the reporting guidelines to ensure all of my filings are beyond reproach, by hiring an independent third-party accounting firm to review and audit all of my previous annual financial disclosures.

As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this company to last long, and I want this company to be audited by everyone.

A lot of the mistakes I made were my fault.

Be open about mistakes.

Me personally, I know I've made mistakes.

It's true that robust governance structures, checks and balances, transparency of markets, directionally leads to... less vulnerability to corruption.

The SEC does way more good than harm - the last thing I would do is get rid of the SEC...if accounting were thoroughly fixed, a lot of other sins would go away. We're paying a huge price for deterioration of accounting.

It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

You learn a lot from financial disclosure. And you should go down and take a look at that.

If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law.

Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.

I fully intend in all cases and in all ways at all times to fully comply with all laws. I would expect the same of any employee or member of DHS.

We do have our mistakes sometimes, like 'The New York Times' does, like everything does. We correct them.

I've done dumb things.

My decision to appoint an inspector is not taken lightly. I hope it sends a strong signal that robust processes are in place to investigate allegations of failures in financial management and governance in local government.

Businesses always are reluctant to make governmental filings about the purpose and terms of their relationships. That's particularly so when sensitive strategic and legal matters are involved - and when misfiling could result in criminal sanctions.