This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. . . ." —Franklin Delano Roosevelt, first inaugural address, March 4, 1933 In the excerpt above, what does President Roosevelt assert it is time for the people and the nation to do?

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