And, from France, a gracious statement came from Manu Dibango, the seventy-five-year-old African pop pioneer.
In that context, it's an extremely gracious statement, and makes the Plaid Cymru remarks seem all the more poorly judged.
And he praised a "remarkably gracious" statement by Mr. Edwards, calling him a "valiant champion of the values for which our party stands".
Shortly after Mr. Obama's speech last week, his opponent from the 2008 campaign, Senator John McCain of Arizona, issued a gracious statement thanking the president for his call for civility.
Maybe it would have been better if she'd released a short, gracious statement submitting her name to the Governor and listing a belief or two, and then retreated into humble silence.
One GMA staffer tweeted: And another, hilariously, referenced another ABC employee, who only won her first Emmy after 19 nominations: For its part, NBC released a very gracious statement Monday afternoon.
The quaint 83-year-old cottage beside the railroad tracks makes a gracious statement with lush velvet draperies, brocade chair cushions, white tablecloths, long elegant tapers and dark wood wainscotting.
