Movies · 1974
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
— Michael Corleone · The Godfather Part II
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An editorial interpretation.
Michael describes closeness as a way to watch people who might threaten him. The advice is useful to his power, but its coldness also shows how suspicion can turn every relationship into a calculation.
- AFI100 Movie Quotes, number58; selected film wording and same-film synopsis.Reference checked
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