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."

"The country has followed with pride the magnificent sweep of your Fleet into enemy waters."

"The whole American Nation today exults at the news that the gallant men under your command have landed on Philippine soil."

"I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War to designate the Commanding General, United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, as the military commander within the meaning of the act of March..."