If We Must Die Honor

It doesn't matter how nicely you treat livestock, they do not die honorably.

This is an insult to the speaker's honor.

The speaker knows he's going to die, but wants to have control over the way he meets death. He chooses an "honorable" death instead of showing fear or trying to escape.

Here we see that the speaker wants to make a statement with his death. By dying bravely, he wants to prove a point to his enemies, such that they must honor him.