There is no reality in the fond expectation that Britain will leave the country in simple response to a Congress slogan. Besides, by asking the British to leave, the Congress was issuing an open invitation to a colonising power more brutal by far, the Japanese.

Rajagopalachari (1942) quoted in: Ramachandra Guha (2 February 2003). "Gandhi and Rajaji". The Hindu. Retrieved on 26 November 2013.