"On the Fourth of July we celebrate our independence;
on Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence."
- William Jennings Bryan
That quote is from a speech Bryan gave on Thanksgiving Day, 1903, to the American Society in London.
“Acknowledge our dependence,” packs a lot into three words, doesn’t it?
It’s so easy to fall into thinking we are totally self-made and the masters of our fate. We need this day…to acknowledge our dependence…that our blessings have a source, and it ain’t us.