The Godfather is one of the best movies ever produced and is full of influential quotes and meanings from start to finish. The above is one of my favorites. And it is very true.

Men cannot risk being careless. We must be leaders, dominant, strong, courageous, decisive and adventurous in everything we do. If we didn’t then we wouldn’t be here now. We trust in the male gender to propel humanity forward by leading from the front.

Women are not responsible. Sure they play an important role in our civilization, but the leaders of the world are MEN. 99 percent of kingdoms in all ancient, medieval, and modern civilizations are ruled by male leaders.

We as men have to fit into a stereotypical role and if we don’t, we can’t be seen as a real man. As men we should be:

athletic
Strong
Bravo
provider of our family
Physical Threat Defender
sexually aggressive
sexually experienced
Logical
Intellectual
rational
Practical
success oriented
Competitive
Ambitious
Moral
Trustworthy

So what he means when he says that men cannot be careless is that he had to live the role of the Godfather to provide and protect his Corleone family. He wouldn’t be able to live a careless life, because he had to worry about everything he did, otherwise his family would be under threat.

Another example would be Barack Obama. His job is to care not just for the US but for the world. He has the most powerful job in the world, so we trust him to correct troubling international issues. What if Barack one day decided that he didn’t care about him anymore?