List of Croatian mottos

List of Croatian mottos

This is a list of Croatian mottos. While Croatia lacks an official motto, it has many which are in common use.

Mottos

*"Bog i Hrvati" (God and the Croats) - This motto originates from Ante Starčević's speech to the Croatian Parliament ("Sabor") on June 26 1861, in which he stated that the future of Croatia should not be decided in Austria, but by God and the Croats.Govor Ante Starčevića u Hrvatskom saboru 26. lipnja 1861.

*"Dok je srca, bit će i Kroacije" (As long as there is heart, there will be Croatia) - This motto was originally a line of Antun Gustav Matoš's "Pri svetom kralju", about ban Toma Erdödy. Erdödy won many battles against the Ottomans in the 16th century, while at the time Matoš wrote the poem Croatia was struggling to win greater rights within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

*"Malo nas je al' nas ima" (There are few of us, but there are) - Originating from a popular song by Dino Dvornik and Boris Novković, the line has since become popular in Croatia.

*"Sve za Hrvatsku, Hrvatsku ni za što" (Everything for Croatia, Croatia not for anything) - This is a wartime motto coined by Croatia's first president, Franjo Tuđman.

*"U boj, u boj - za narod svoj!" (To battle, to battle, for one's people!) - This motto has become popular football chant, originating from the song "U boj, u boj" in Ivan Zajc's opera Nikola Šubić Zrinski.


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