lists it seems to bind me to you that nothing that omnipotence can break. and yet, my love of country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly on with all these chains to the battlefield." sullivan ballou gave his life on the battlefield a week later at the first battle of bull run. it is because sullivan ballou encounters and countless others believe in something other than themselves and were willing to sacrifice for it that we stand today in the full blessings of liberty, in the greatest country on earth. and that spirit lives on in each of us, americans whose families have been here for generations and those who have just arrived. and i know our best days are you have to come. i urge all americans to read