I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

Battles of the Bible. In 1975 Herzog was appointed Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations in which capacity he served until 1978. ISBN 0-679-43478-X.

Chaim Herzog (Hebrew: חיים הרצוג‎ 17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) was an Irish-born Israeli politician soldier lawyer and author who served as the sixth President of Israel (1983–93).