April 30, 2009 9:02AM 

# Truth at Last on Capitol Hill 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Truth may be a rare commodity in the halls of Congress, but at least now there’s [a statue of the abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042803936.html).

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