NIHIL SINE DEO.

Meaning “Nothing Without GOD.”

Nihil sine Deo, Latin for “Nothing without God” (‹See Tfd›German: Nichts ohne Gott; Romanian: Nimic fără Dumnezeu), is used as a motto of the German Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen royal family and was the motto of both the former Principality of Romania and the former Kingdom of Romania.

The Hohenzollern family uses the motto Nihil Sine Deo (English: Nothing Without God). The family coat of arms, first adopted in 1192, began as a simple shield quarterly sable and argent. A century later, in 1317, Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg, added the head and shoulders of a hound as a crest.[7] Later quartering reflected heiresses’ marriages into the family.

Nihil sine Deo was introduced as the motto of the Principality of Romania by the King Carol I of Romania in 1866 and was used in the Kingdom of Romania since its establishment in 1881.[1] It replaced the first motto of modern Romania, Toți în unu (“All for One”), which had been in use since 1862.[2] Romania was a monarchy until 1947, when the People’s Republic of Romania was established.[3] Today, the motto is displayed in rooms of the Peleș Castle.[1]

In 2009, the Royal Decoration of Nihil Sine Deo, named after the motto, was created by the former King of Romania Michael I.[4]

Proposed return as the motto of Romania

It has been proposed that Nihil sine Deo should be adopted again as the official motto of Romania. A vote by the Constitution Revision Commission was made in 2013 to decide this. The proposal received 11 votes in favor and 8 votes against it, meaning that it did not get more than the two thirds of the votes necessary for a proposal to get adopted, so it was rejected.[5]

The commies and securitate children, still rule Romania. Obviously.

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