Franjo Tuđman's life is filled with Stjepan Radić – his thoughts and ideas. The first contacts with Radić Tuđman will receive in his childhood through his father Stjepan, who was a political follower of Stjepan Radić. This solid foundation which his father embedded will serve him in the future as a haven in the harsh times filled with attacks on his work, false accusations and imprisonment. Furthermore, Franjo Tuđman will create a framework on this foundation within which he will fulfill all the wishes and hopes of his political predecessors – an independent, sovereign Croatian state. Tuđman realized, through his research and writing in the field of historiography, especially regarding the interwar period and Yugoslavia, which components in the political thoughts of Stjepan Radić should be taken into consideration and incorporated into the program of the Croatian Democratic Union, and which should be rejected. Tuđman himself emphasized in numerous occasions that he implemented only positive values, be it from Radić and his peasant movement, as well as from the Starčević Croatian right movement and the Croatian left-wing movement – all three movements which were set as pillars of the Croatian Democratic Union. Stjepan Radić and Franjo Tuđman left a significant and important mark in Croatia’s modern history, both shaping Croatian national politics in the 20th century, and thus securing a permanent position in the memory of the Croatian people.