I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

If you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery.

I call for a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace.

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.

Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.

Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.