Able Quote 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…

— 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…

— Rodney King

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.

— 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…

— 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…

— Rodney King

I tell myself time heals. It really does.

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— Rodney King

When I came here almost nine years ago our economy was troubled and our nation was divided.

— 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.

— Rodney King