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Pinning hopes on individuals" to solve all of society's problems :

Anglican leader warns on 'hero leaders' http://bigpondnews.com/articles/World/2013/04/03/Anglican_leader_warns_on_hero_leaders_859553.html 03 Apr 2013 - 11:31am

The new Archbishop of Canterbury has warned against "pinning hopes on individuals" to solve all of society's problems in his first Easter Sunday sermon.

Justin Welby said a 'hero leader culture' in which all trust was placed in one person only led to false hope.

Failing to recognise human failure in any organisation was 'naive', he told worshippers at Canterbury Cathedral.

'Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation,' Welby said. 'They may well be good and necessary, but will to some degree fail'.

'Human sin means pinning hopes on individuals is always a mistake, and assuming that any organisation is able to have such good systems that human failure will be eliminated is naive."....