We Georgians are not human beings, so there is no human sacrifice. We are consumers. More accurately, we are consumables. We are not-very-durable goods. Throw a couple of us on the hearth to keep the toes of Governor Kemp’s wealthy supporters toasty.

Yes, with the overwhelming majority of the people of the State of Georgia, I oppose feudalism. So do many among those who by virtue of their circumstances in life belong no only to the lowest income group or the middle income group but belong also to the most prosperous 5% of the population. Men and women in the professions, the overwhelming majority of the small storekeepers, a growing number of the bankers and business man — they are coming more and more to see that the continuation of the American system calls for the elimination of special privilege, the dissemination of the whole truth, and participation in prosperity by the people at the bottom of the ladder, as well as those in the middle and those at the top.

One thing is certain — we are not going back to the old days. (Applause) We are going forward to better days. We are calling for cooperation all along the line and that cooperation is increasing because more and more people are coming to understand that abuses of the past which have been successfully eradicated are not going to be brought back.

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “Brother’s Keeper Speech” in Gainesville GA, March 23, 1938. ( http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/FDR's_Brother's_Keeper_Speech )

More than 80% of all Georgians hospitalized from COVID-19 last month are African American.