Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The great day of your liberation will come, as surely as there is a God in Heaven.

I give to the people of the Philippines my solemn pledge that their freedom will be redeemed and their independence established and protecte...

We shall keep this promise, just as we have kept every promise which America has made to the Filipino people.

I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order 9360 of July 7, 1943.