strike approved by God.
"It is not surprising to see the divine inventor of a week of work and a day of rest utilizing the classical weapon of the workers. Already in former days, in the time of the jacqueries (peasant revolts], he resorted to closing the churches and proscribing religious practices in the case of certain proud or obstinate princes. This was called excommunication and did not lack in efficacy.
"Once there was someone with a head that was even more political and harder than President Johnson's. He was finally obliged, walking barefoot in the snow, to go to Canossa." -- Robert Escarpit in the October 29 Le Monde.