IROQUOIS DECISIONS
America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people. — Wilma Mankiller Wilma Mankiller, 53, principal chief, Cherokee Nation, as quoted in “Big Ideas for a Better America,” by John F. Kennedy, Jr., USA Weekend, June 11-13, 1999, excerpted from 250 Ways to Make America Better, by the editors of George, compiled by Carolyn Mackler, Villard Books, 1999
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