Character is also shown in large part by what kind of friends you keep. Birds of a feather....
On the surface I'd say this is WAYYYYYyyyy too general a statement. There are people walking amonst us, RIGHT NOW.....that we have NO IDEA of what they've done or what they're capable of.
This is not a fair statement IMO.
When we know what people have done.....OR what they're capable of.....and we CONTINUE to befriend them (or even look the other way)....THEN I can stomach your assessment.