Paraphrase Julius Caesar?

Question

BRUTUS.
It must be by his death: and, for my part,
I know no personal cause to spurn at him,
But for the general. He would be crown'd:
How that might change his nature, there's the question:
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking. Crown him?--that:
And then, I grant, we put a sting in him,
That at his will he may do danger with.
Th' abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins
Remorse from power; and, to speak truth of Caesar,
I have not known when his affections sway'd
More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof,
That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But, when he once attains the upmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend: so Caesar may;
Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel
Will bear no color for the thing he is,
Fashion it thus,--that what he is, augmented,
Would run to these and these extremities:
And therefore think him as a serpent's egg
Which hatch'd, would, as his kind grow mischievous;
And kill him in the shell.

Answer 1

We have to kill Caesar. It's not personal; we have to kill him for the good of the country. He wants to be emperor, and being in power might change him. If we let him be emperor, he will have power to harm us at will. Ambition is dangerous. Even though Caesar is a nice guy right now, history shows that once people have achieved supreme power, they begin to scorn all those below him. And in order to justify our actions, we will have to explain that we are killing him in order to prevent him from becoming a bad person.