Be patient until I finish. Romans, countrymen, and friends! Listen to my reasons and be silent so you can hear me. Believe me on my honor and have respect for my honor, so you may believe me. Do not blindy follow me, use your senses and you may be the better judge. If there is any friend of Caesar's in this assembly, I loved Caesar the same that you loved him. If, then, that friend asks why I rose against Caesar, this is my answer, it’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.Would you rather have him living but we all die as salves, or that Caesar were dead but we live as free man? I cry for Caesar for he was good to me. I rejoice in his fortune. I honor him for being brave. I killed him because of his ambitions. I cry for
