Which film has the following quote: "There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."?

Keep your friends close and (but) your enemies closer was mostly thought of as an ancient proverb probably originating in China. Nowadays, it is best known because it was in the film, The Godfather, Part II (1974). Al Pacino playing Michael Corleone, the new Don of the Corleone crime family, stated: "There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

Accordingly it is not surprising that this movie quote is now one that is seen as spreading a gnomic insight into a not so knowledgeable world society. The insight is then used by new people who acquire it. They are known to distribute it mostly by verbal repetition to others as some new type of idea.

As a result of the above, doctors and experts now say that true friends are people who are both constructive critics and loyal advocates. Real enemies have either: betrayed, let down, cheated, used, disrespected, or at least turned on a person at a key time during their personal relationship (friendship).