Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, after twelve years as Governor of Arkansas. This line comes from the very first prime-time Oval Office address of his presidency, on the night of February 15, 1993, framing the economic package he would formally send to Congress two days later. Change-and-status-quo rhetoric was a signature of his “New Democrat” message, which makes the quotation entirely characteristic of him.