Political
- Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of Portugal
- António Maria da Silva, Portuguese politician
- Artur da Costa e Silva, Brazilian military officer and politician
- Benedita da Silva, Brazilian politician
- Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (Epitácio Pessoa), Brazilian politician
- Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar, 1st Viscount of Molelos, Portuguese politician
- Gitane De Silva, Canadian diplomat
- Golbery do Couto e Silva, Brazilian politician
- Israel Pinheiro da Silva, Brazilian politician and engineer
- Jânio da Silva Quadros (Jânio Quadros), Brazilian politician
- Jim Silva, American politician
- José Albino Silva Peneda, Portuguese politician
- José Alencar Gomes da Silva, current Brazilian vice-president
- José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, Brazilian activist
- José Maria da Silva Paranhos (José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco), Brazilian politician
- Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian military commander
- Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Portuguese politician
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ex-President of Brazil
- Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, Portuguese politician
- Manuel Carvalho da Silva, coordinator of the Portuguese Labour union federation
- Marina Silva, Brazilian environmentalist and politician
- Mario Silva, Canadian politician
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Famous quotes containing the word political:
“I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author’s political views.”
—Edith Wharton (1862–1937)
“[When asked: “Will not woman suffrage make the black woman the political equal of the white woman and does not political equality mean social equality?”:] If it does then men by keeping both white and black women disfranchised have already established social equality!”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)
“We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the code. The scandals of their politics: not so much that men in high places lie, only that they do so with such indifference, so endlessly, still expecting to be believed. We are accustomed to the contempt inherent in the political lie.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)