Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Until we were attacked at Pearl Harbor we had done our utmost to live as friendly self-respecting neighbors of the Japanese in the Pacific."

"Your fine cooperation with General MacArthur furnishes another example of teamwork and the effective and intelligent use of all weapons."

"When the Japanese invaders have been driven out, the Philippines will take their place as a free and independent member of the family of Nations."

"The suffering, humiliation, and mental torture that you have endured since the barbarous, unprovoked, and treacherous attack upon the Philippines nearly three long years ago have aroused in the hearts..."