Brutus's Dilemma

If I were Brutus and I had to choose between my friends and my country, I would have to choose my friends because I think I would like to see where my friend could take Rome and what he would do with the country. Even if Caesar started to hurt Rome I think I would have a close enough relationship with him to change his opinion like Cassius said in 1:2:329. But then there is my standing with the people that I have to keep up like in 2:1:47-60. I understand fully that my decision could be the wrong one, and there could be very bad consequences but I don't really think that if things got really out of hand I could not do something to stop them. So in the end I think I would have to side with Caesar.