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We all ought to know that Swaraj will not at once, or I think, even for a long time to come, be better government or greater happiness for the people. Elections and their corruptions, injustice, and the power and tyranny of wealth and inefficiency of administration will make a hell of life as soon as freedom is given to us. Men will look regretfully back to the old regime of comparative justice, and efficient, peaceful, more or less honest administration. The only thing gained will be that as a race we will be saved from dishonour and subordination.

Written by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in early 1922, not only was this true just after independence, but most of it rings true even today, 81 years after it was written. I came across this passage while reading his biography, Rajaji: A Life written by Rajmohan Gandhi.