Rodney King Quotes

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.
Rodney King

Peace, Anger, Stress

Can we all get along?
Rodney King

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.
Rodney King

Life, God, Angry

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

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

Mind, Doubt, Black

When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.
Rodney King

Peace, Heart, Here

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.
Rodney King

Blessed, Talk, Here

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.
Rodney King

Positive, Healing, Try

I saw my hometown burning that day.
Rodney King

Burning, Hometown

I tell myself time heals. It really does.
Rodney King

Time, Tell, Heals

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

Film, Happening, Recorded

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

History, American, Painful

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

Life, Live, Hard

The trouble that they see me in is a part of my life that I'm working on.
Rodney King

Life, Working, Trouble

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.
Rodney King

Country, Far, Along

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Celebrity

Born: April 2, 1965

Died: June 17, 2012

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