“The future does not belong to men…”
L'avenir n'appartient pas aux hommes...
Speech, December 1967
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2
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“The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. It belongs to the brave.”
As quoted in Who was Ronald Reagan? (2004), by Joyce Milton, p. 85
Post-presidency (1989–2004)
Context: I know it's hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all of the process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

Address to United Nations General Assembly, quoted in * 2019-09-24
Trump UN speech knocks globalism: The future belongs to nationalism
Tim Pearce
Washington Examiner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-un-speech-knocks-globalism-the-future-belongs-to-nationalism
2010s, 2019, September

“The future of history belongs to the poor and exploited.”
Source: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Ten, Encountering God In History, p. 120

“The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea.”
Vol. I, par. 216
Collected Papers (1931-1958)

“The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?”
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 248
Context: It is not good for ordinary people to say, "I am He." The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.