What is the significance of the quote the woman recites when the men arrive to burn her house in Fahrenheit 451?

When Montag and his team of fireman arrive at a woman's
house to burn it, she greets him with a quotation: "Master Ridley, we shall this day
light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put
out.

The quotation is from Hugh Latimer, who lived from
1487-1555.  Latimer was an English clergyman who developed religious ideas that were
considered heretical by the Church of England establishment under the leadership of
Queen Mary.

In 1555, Latimer was sentenced to death,
together with a colleague named Nicholas Ridley.  Just before being killed, Latimer
addressed Ridley and uttered the words quoted above.  He seems to have meant that his
sacrifice for his ideals will eventually help those ideas to become
accepted.

This would also seem to be the intent of the
woman in Fahrenheit 451.  By burning herself together with her
books, the woman hopes to demonstrate and publicize her resistance to the
firemen.