George Washington actually said...

I can not express how greatly affected I am at this new proof of public confidence.

Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup of reconciliation, ...

I must not conceal from you my earnest wish that the choice had fallen upon a man less declined in years and better qualified to encounter t...

I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States.