That we are not free has been the most deadening fallacy to which man has ever submitted. No outside power indeed can make us free. No one can ever give us freedom, but we can win it for ourselves. It is often thought that when some restraint is taken away from us we are freer than before, but this is childish. But the vote will not make women free.
Freedom is always a thing to be attained.
And we must remember too that freedom is not a static condition. It is in our power to win our freedom, but it must be won anew at every moment, literally every moment. My freedom is my share in creating, my part in the creative responsibility. The heart of our freedom is the impelling power of the will of the whole.