Hopeful thinking

Great hopes make great men. - Thomas Fuller

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Hope never abandons you; you abandon it. - George Weinberg

Living, dying & debt

No man should be afraid to die, who hath understood what it is to live. - Thomas Fuller  (Philips' Book of Great Thoughts and Funny Sayings)

Bonus quote:

A man in debt is caught in a net. - Unknown
                                    (Philips' Book of Great Thoughts and Funny Sayings)

What does that mean for a Nation?