Keep your friends close and your enemies closer?

Sun-tzu Chinese general & military strategist (~400 BC)

The Godfather.

It is believed to have been said by Sun-Tzu, a Chinese military strategist and philosopher, in his book The Art of War. Sun-Tzu lived and wrote around the 3rd to 5th century B.C.

According to Sun tzu, a Chinese General about 400BC, you should

Mantenere i vostri amici e i vostri nemici più stretta stretta