Bethany McLean on Henry Paulson's intention not to go into politics

[Henry] Paulson says that he "wouldn't put a time limit" on his tenure at Goldman [Sachs], and that he has no intention of following in the Washington-bound footsteps of former Goldman CEOs like Bob Rubin, Steve Friedman, and [Jon] Corzine.

~ Bethany McLean, "Inside The Money Machine," Fortune, September 6, 2004

(Just to clarify, this was Paulson's lie, not McLean's.)