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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: ‘We Are All Exceptional.’ Watch Chuck Schumer’s Inauguration Day Remarks [Watch (HLS stream): ‘We Are All Exceptional.’ Watch Chuck Schumer’s Inauguration Day Remarks](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/iXXyftwv.m3u8) (3:31)  _Published 2017-01-20. He faced boos from the crowd for his speech_ --- Jul 27, 2023 9:22 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Says He Regrets Remarks About Supreme Court Justices](/video/yJFcydNh/) ### Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Says He Regrets Remarks About Supreme Court Justices [Sen. Chuck Schumer: "Judge Kavanaugh Is Just Not Credible" ](/video/qtxNnpEt/) ### Sen. Chuck Schumer: "Judge Kavanaugh Is Just Not Credible" [Amy Schumer's Emmys Speech](/video/phlMJJaR/) ### Amy Schumer's Emmys Speech --- ## Transcript We Americans have always been a forward looking, problem solving, optimistic, patriotic and decent people. Whatever our race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, whether we are immigrant or native born, whether we live with disabilities or do not. In wealth, or in poverty, we are all exceptional in our commonly held, yet fierce devotion to our country. And to our willingness to sacrifice our time, energy, and even our lives to making it a more perfect union. One such American Was Major Sullivan Ballou. On July 14, 1861. When the north and south were lining up for their first battle. A time when our country was bitterly divided. And faith in the future of our country was at a nadir. Major Ballou of the second Rhode Island volunteers. Penned a letter to his wife Sara. It is one of the greatest letters in American history. It shows the strength and courage of the average American. Allow me to read some of his words which echo through the ages. My very dear Sara he wrote. The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days, perhaps tomorrow. If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for my country, I am ready. I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged. And my courage does not halt or falter. I know how strongly American civilization now leans upon the triumph of the government, and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the revolution. And I am willing Perfectly willing to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this government, and to pay that debt. Sarah, my love for you is deathless. It seems to bind me to you with the mighty cables that nothing but omnipotence can break. And yet, my love of country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistably 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 Blue and countless others believed in something bigger than themselves and we're willing to sacrifice for it that we stand today in the full blessings of liberty in the greatest country on earth and that's spirit lives on in each of us. Americans whose family have been here for generations and those who have just arrived. And I know our best days are yet to come. I urge all americans to read blues full letter. 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