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Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. 2,475 ratings, 4.57 average rating, 133 reviews A Testament of Hope Quotes Showing 1-11 of 11 “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace 78684 likes Like “I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches tags: hate, love 8094 likes Like “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches tags: conscience, politics, right 4841 likes Like “Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” Martin Luther King, Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 589 likes Like “It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, "Wait on time.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches tags: bad-people, change, generations, good-people, indifference, repentance, silence, social-justice, social-movements, violence, vitriol 245 likes Like “Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 77 likes Like “And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 70 likes Like “The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches tags: adam-gottbetter, freedom-of-choice, freedom-of-expression, freedom-of-speech, freedom-of-thought, protest, weapon, weapons 51 likes Like “You know my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression. There comes a time my friends, when people get tired of being plunged across the abyss of humiliation, where they experience the bleakness of nagging despair. There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November. There comes a time.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 49 likes Like “In these trying circumstances, the black revolution is much more than a struggle for the rights of Negroes. It is forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws—racism, poverty, militarism, and materialism. It is exposing the evils that are rooted deeply in the whole structure of our society.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 1 likes Like “Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 1 likes Like All Quotes Quotes By Martin Luther King Jr. Company About us Careers Terms Privacy Interest Based Ads Ad Preferences Your Ads Privacy Choices Help Work with us Authors Advertise Authors & ads blog Connect Mobile version © 2026 Goodreads LLC