by its own effort and by its own character

大枠では意外感はなにもない。

Rice Endorses Japan for U.N. Council

By ANNE GEARAN
The Associated Press
Friday, March 18, 2005; 9:37 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48307-2005Mar18.html

が、この言葉は結構いいかも。

"Japan has earned its honorable place among the nations of the world by its own effort and by its own character," Rice said. "That is why the United States unambiguously supports a permanent seat for Japan on the United Nations Security Council."

自分でこんなこといったら馬鹿だけど他者から言われる言葉としてはとてもうれしいものじゃないかなとしみじみ思う。おごることなくそう言われることに恥じないよう行きたいし私もそう生きたい。（怠け者だからなぁ私…。ぐぐぐ）