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ancianita

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10. Wilhoit's Law. That's what this restates. The guy doesn't even give Frank Wilhoit credit.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:26 AM
Feb 3
In 2018, Frank Wilhoit defined conservatism as:

"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect".

Misattribution of Wilhoit's law
A quotation popularly known as "Wilhoit's law" is often incorrectly attributed to Francis M. Wilhoit:

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.[10]
However, it was actually a 2018 blog response by 59-year-old Ohio composer Frank Wilhoit, years after Francis Wilhoit's death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_M._Wilhoit

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