Marc Antony's Funeral Speech

Modern Version: Ladies and Gentlemen, let me have your attention please. I am here to talk about Caesar. Caesar was a human being like all of us, and he has made mistakes. He, like all of us, will be remembered more for the evil he has done, than for the good. Brutus justified Caesar's murder by saying he was ambitious. Caesar paid with his life for the beliefs of a few men. I am only …

…offered him higher office, and three times he refused. Was this ambition? But once again, Brutus would not lie, because he is an honest man. I am telling you only what I know. You all loved Caesar once, and you had reasons for it. So why can't you cry for him now? Because men have lost their reason. My heart weeps for Caesar, even if yours do not. Give me a moment to compose myself.