A biography for Kenneth Langonehasn’t been written yet.
“The thing that Tea Parties have to understand, you can't govern if you don't get elected.”
“I'm nuts, I'm rich, and boy, do I love a fight!”
“A little more than 30 years ago, Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, Pat Farrah and I got together and founded The Home Depot.”
“Why do we have U.S. attorneys? Because we need a mechanism to make sure people obey the laws that we pass, for societal reasons.”
“I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.”
“When a New York attorney general brings a lawsuit against a prominent business person, there are two things you can count on out of that office - lots of political bluster and little accountability.”
“I don't need a job. I don't want an appointment. I don't want to be on a commission. I don't want to be ambassador to nowhere.”
“If we can get everybody working or as many as we can, you would be amazed at how many of our problems will disintegrate, go away.”
“The wealth that was created by my investments wasn't put into a giant swimming pool as so many elected demagogues seem to imagine. Instead it benefitted our employees, their families and our community at large.”
“I have, never, ever once, ever gotten anything from any politician I've ever helped. Not one thing.”