Which character in a William Shakespeare play said: "The time is out of joint. O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!"?

This quote is found in the play "Hamlet" (Act I, scene v, lines 189-190). Two companions and friends of Hamlet (Horatio and Marcellus) take an oath upon Hamlet's sword. As the three of them are heading toward the exit of the castle, Hamlet bemoans the responsibility he now carries: “The time is out of joint. O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!” Prior to saying these words, Hamlet had just spoken to and heard from the ghost of his father who has asked Hamlet to swear to get revenge for his death. Hamlet appropriately then asks his friends not to mention this incident concerning the ghost of his father.

By Hamlet saying "time is out of joint", it seems that he is expressing his idea that his world is not sane and that things are not as they should be. Hamlet makes it clear that he wants to set the world right. He feels like he was born to do it. The job to get things right is his alone. Throughout the play, he is working to do a good job of alienating himself. He tells those close to him that there has been a disruption in the “natural” transfer of royal power. He will correct it!