"It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because it tears at our social fabric. It ought to concern every business, because it distorts markets. It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime. I’m talking about the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name - modern slavery."

Source: President Barack Obama's remarks at Clinton Global Initiative at Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 23, 2014.