My friends—… I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail.

--President-elect Abraham Lincoln, farewell address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861.

Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation.

Charles de Gaulle, President of France, Press conference, May 19, 1958

Consider it a tactical retreat. Blogging is the Phillippines, and I am MacArthur. You know the quote.