When someone sticks to his/her ideals, at the risk of going against authority, and at the risk of being isolated, I think that we should be slow to condemn him/her. That someone deserves at least some admiration. He/she may not be correct, may probably be idealistic and naive, may probably be wasting his/her time that could be put to more productive use. But he/she deserves more respect than other two-faced people who compromise their ideals in order to fall in behind authority, and other lost people who don't even know what their ideals are. Somebody who sticks to his/her ideals is a wolf, somebody who compromises his/her ideals or does not know his/her ideals is a sheep. There are many sheep around us. Without them society would be missing a portion of its population. Sheep are useful-- therein lies their value. Wolves are not useful. They're admirable, but because they stand out, they come within firing range and they're the first to be sacrificed. It's a sad fact of life.
What am I, and what are you?
Let me say that I am only human, and there are many things which I do not yet understand about the world. I am still a passive observer.