The Constantian Society was a political group in the

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devoted to promoting the system of

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as a superior form of government. It was founded in 1970. The official publication of the Constantian Society was ''The Constantian; Journal of the Constantian Society''. Randall J. Dicks (1951 – 1999) was the founder of the society. As a

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student, Dicks was chosen to ask a question of President

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, and in commenting to reporters on the President's reply said that "monarchy was the superior form of government." Nixon's aides had been unaware of Dicks' political beliefs. In 1989, the society participated in a

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for the repose of the souls of

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and other victims of the

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. With the founder's death, its activities ceased.

References

External links

Constantian Society website
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