Yell bloody murder in the public square or “punch Jerry out”

If there’s one lesson from the Sandusky trial – and the countless other sex-abuse tragedies that have come to light in recent years – is that passivity allows a widening circle of lives to be destroyed.

Maybe Cicero (d. 43 BC), in his comments on politics, was onto something broader:

"Sometimes if you find yourself stuck in politics, the thing to do is start a fight – start a fight, even if you do not know how you are going to win it, because it is only when a fight is on, and everything is in motion, that you can hope to see your way through."