Rodney King Quotes

Please, we can get along here. - Rodney King

People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along? - Rodney King

People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations. - Rodney King

Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people. - Rodney King

Nothing has changed in our country, so I am still feeling that same pain and anger. - Rodney King

I've always in my heart and soul, you know, I'll always tried to say something or do something to make it a lot more pleasant for the next generation behind us. When you speak and say something, if you can't say something pleasant and make somebody's day easier, just keep it shut. That's how my mom and my pop raised me, you know, and that's how things get better. - Rodney King

It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history. - Rodney King

It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded. - Rodney King

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God. - Rodney King

I want to be remembered by: Can't we all just get along? You know? And like I say, I know I shouldn't have been drinking and driving, but two wrongs don't make a right. - Rodney King

Page 2 of 3

<<-First <-Previous Next -> Last ->>