Firefighter Quotes: Brave Words from Heroes of the Flames

"Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home"

"I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources"

Barbara Mikulski, Politician

"I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country"

David Plouffe, Public Servant

"Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free time in which to write or becoming an English teacher and thinking about books and writers on a daily basis. That swayed me"

David Guterson, Author

"Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely"

Carl Levin, Politician

"Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted"

David Cameron, Politician

"I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil defense workers, the firefighters, the police officers, and the way that FEMA is making them spend that money. We have got a problem there"

Lynn Westmoreland, Politician

"We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette"

Ed Markey, Politician

"You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire"

Larry Brown

"My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces"

Sidney Sheldon, Novelist

"Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe"

Thomas Carper, Economist