Cato contra mundum.
(Anonymous)

pron = KAH-toh KOHN-trah MOON-doom.

Cato against the world!

Comment: This is the epitome of the bulldog, or of the champion of the underdog, or champion for justice, or the bullheaded ego-maniac!

And it could be each one. Cato, suffice it to say (a Roman aristocrat, farmer, military man and statesman during the 3rd and 2nd century BCE) was a man who was not afraid to stand against the crowd, or the world, on principles important to him and which he felt important to the survival and victory of Rome.

As a statesman, he is said to have ended every speech, regardless of its topic, with the words: ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendum (and what's more, It is my opinion that Carthage must be destroyed!).
He was insistent that Rome's enemy already in two wars had to be utterly destroyed in yet another war if Rome was to thrive.

When does taking a stand make it possible for people to thrive?
When does taking a stand make havoc and destruction on others?
When does taking a stand simply become grand-standing in service of one's ego?