A brass balance scale with a pile of gold coins outweighing a small white porcelain feather on a deep green background.

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Paul Dickson

Integrity is like oxygen. The higher you go, the less there is of it.

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Dickson jokes that integrity thins out like oxygen at altitude. The higher someone climbs in power, the less of it seems to remain. It's a wry, cynical swipe at how status can crowd out principle.

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