That film expressed Capra's patriotism more than any of his others, and "presented the individual working within the democratic system to overcome rampant political corruption."

Athanasius of Alexandria taught that Christ came to overcome death and corruption, and to remake humanity in God's image again.

Helping governments to overcome corruption is another important development task addressed by Crown Agents, particularly corruption in the collection of tax and customs revenue.

If the forces unleashed are sufficient to overcome bureaucratic inertia and corruption they could bring about a transformation which will have even greater impact and importance than the development of the NHS in Britain.

Though the film takes a cynical view of how difficult it is to overcome corruption, it has a simplistic view of honest and evil characters.

He says that while the current coalition government has tried to overcome the cronyism and corruption that have marred the country's post-Communist years, those efforts have often been thwarted at lower levels of the bureaucracy.

A spokesman at the embassy released this statement after the students left: "We hold that the Chinese students have patriotic enthusiasm and hope to overcome corruption and promote democracy.

Instead, these patriotic students hope to promote democracy and overcome corruption, and this is in line with the goals the party and Government have strived to achieve.

Even most members of the Newark City Council acknowledge that the Police Department has stumbled in recent years, failing to put enough officers on the streets and to overcome mismanagement and corruption.

That it is the result, among others, of the political authorities' inability to overcome corruption.