more balanced view

To ask whether the human being has freedom is like asking whether man is a millionaire. He is not, but can become, a millionaire. He can make it his aim to become rich;similarly, he can make it his aim to become free. In her 'inner space' she can develop a centre of strength so that the power of her freedom exceeds that of her necessity

- EF schumacher, A Guide for the perplexed