Trumbić resigned as Foreign Minister in 1920, as Serbian influence clearly showed little interest for the affairs which concerned the Croatian nation.

The law, which was enacted on 17 April 1941, declared that all people who offend, or try to offend, the Croatian nation are guilty of treason-a crime punishable by death.

The "Croatian nation" could secede from Yugoslavia, he said in March 1991.

Zvonimir is a Croatian male given name used by the Croatian nation for more than a thousand years.

It is my thesis that the Croatian nation, as a citizen of the great empire of the western civilization, has the right to raise its voice against any oppression.

- the Croatian nation is suffering!

Stepinac shared the hope for a Catholic Croatia and viewed the Yugoslav state as "the jail of the Croatian nation".

Tuđman considered the Catholic religion to be important for modern Croatian nation.

However, due to his political beliefs that the Croatian nation was deprived of any human rights, and that many of his relatives were killed by the communists, he refused the military service.

"The Croatian nation should not and will not be a hostage to those who bloodied their hands, bringing shame upon Croatia's name - no matter what credits they might have otherwise."