Sardar Mann in 1968, resisted rampant corruption in the Food Corporation of India.

A virtuous citizen was one that ignored monetary compensation and made a commitment to resist and eradicate corruption.

In fact, aside from the docks and a few poorly constructed warehouses, only one building had resisted corruption.

The core political value of America is republicanism; citizens have a civic duty to aid the state and resist corruption, especially monarchism and aristocracy.

His knowledge is key to using that of the others to defeat Kortan, but he tests Quentin's ability to resist corruption by having a disciple manipulate Quentin, and judges that he hasn't yet earned the right to have Yashoda's knowledge, but promises to reconsider if Quentin matures.

The serial, produced by the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, reinforced themes that the Government likes to stress: the possibility of social and economic mobility in this class-ridden society, the danger of militant Islam and the need to resist foreign "corruption" of Egyptian identity and values by stronger or wealthier powers.

Hamilton believed that elective monarchs had sufficient power domestically to resist foreign corruption, yet there was enough domestic control over their behavior to prevent tyranny at home.

But some scholars are asking whether the brain drain may also fuel a vicious downward cycle of underdevelopment - and cost poor countries the feisty people with the spark and the ability to resist corruption and incompetent governance.