As a result, political leaders have often asked citizens to sacrifice personal freedoms and comforts in the name of secularized spiritual entities, such as the nation or the state – and citizens have eagerly obliged. In his first speech to the House of Commons as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill inspired hope in a beleaguered nation when he famously declared that he – and thus Britain – had “nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”
结果是政治领导者往往假借民族或国家等世俗化精神实体的名义要求民众牺牲个人的舒适及自由权利，而民众也往往怀着满腔的热情照行不误。温斯顿·丘吉尔首次以英国首相的身份向下议院发表演说时，他激起了被围困国家民众的希望情绪，当时他著名的宣言是他本人——还有英国——所能“奉献的只有自己的鲜血、辛劳、热泪和和汗水。”