[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

So, you think living in a police state is a GOOD thing?

Your hyperbole notwithstanding, living is a better thing than dying.

[Arleigh]

"...living is better than dying."

To paraphrase Benjamin Frankling, he would give up liberty for security deserves neither.

With an attitude like yours, wouldn't you be much happier in Canada? Or Euroland?

[PatrickHenry]

living is a better thing than dying.

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
- Winston Churchill