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> [What went through my mind was I felt like I was in the '40s or the '50s. I was just so hurt and disappointed. But I was also relieved to know that the president had, he had sent down prosecutors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/what-went-through-my-mind-was-i-felt-like-i-was-in-the-40s-or-the-50s/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/obama-he-wouldn-t-have-been-in-office-without-what-happened-to-me-and/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/i-want-to-be-remembered-by-can-t-we-all-just-get-along-you-know-and/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/anybody-can-get-bigheaded-once-they-know-the-seat-cannot-be-pulled/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/waking-up-sober-is-a-good-day-i-love-being-able-to-wake-up-and-do/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [You know, my mom, she's a little older than me. Her history in watching, you know, police violence and violence, period, over the years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/you-know-my-mom-she-s-a-little-older-than-me-her-history-in-watching/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/i-realize-i-will-always-be-the-poster-child-for-police-brutality-but/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [I tell myself time heals. It really does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/i-tell-myself-time-heals-it-really-does/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/when-i-leave-here-when-my-final-day-on-this-earth-is-up-i-want-to/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/as-far-as-having-peace-within-myself-the-one-way-i-can-do-that-is/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [You know, before when (the police went) to work, they used to be like, 'I'm gonna kick somebody's ass today and so I hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/you-know-before-when-the-police-went-to-work-they-used-to-be-like-i-m/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/we-wouldn-t-be-as-far-along-as-a-country-if-we-didn-t-take-on-some-of/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [When I came here almost nine years ago our economy was troubled and our nation was divided.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/when-i-came-here-almost-nine-years-ago-our-economy-was-troubled-and/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [So my attorney, he told me that, you know, he said if it wasn't a guilty verdict, that there could be looting and rioting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/so-my-attorney-he-told-me-that-you-know-he-said-if-it-wasn-t-a-guilty/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [Why can't we all just get along?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/why-can-t-we-all-just-get-along/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

> [All the civil rights leaders and people who died, black and white, you know, Mexican, Chinese, black, you name it, all the ones who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-king/all-the-civil-rights-leaders-and-people-who-died-black-and-white-you/)

[Rodney King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-king/)

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