In victory, magnanimity, Winston Churchill advised.

The United States, France and the United Kingdom extended their hands to us at crucial moments and in a spirit of magnanimity and wisdom.

For 25 years, the leaders of Solidarity personified the qualities needed to win Poland s struggle for democracy unbending courage in the face of the communist Leviathan and magnanimity and clear sighted determination during the transfer of power.

Of course, part of the success of South Africa s transition success was due to a miracle the moral colossus that is Nelson Mandela, whose calm and sagacity, and his status as an icon of forgiveness, compassion, magnanimity and reconciliation, make us the envy of every nation on earth.