Rodney King Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.”

“Can we all get along?”

“What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested.”

“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.”

“It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.”

“I saw my hometown burning that day.”

“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.”