Stephen Miller Quotes: What Does Trump's Senior Adviser Think About Racism, Globalization And Liberals?

Americans watching cable network Sunday shows last weekend were introduced to Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump.

Miller is only 31, but he already has considerable influence in the White House. He wrote the controversial executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries along with chief strategist Steven Bannon, and last week, he was on the air defending the president’s power to enact the immigration ban.

Miller gained attention for speaking in superlatives about the president’s authority. “The powers of the president to protect our president are very substantial and will not be questioned,” he said on “Face the Nation." “We will have unquestioned military strength beyond anything anybody can imagine.”

On “This Week,” Miller repeated — without evidence — the claim that millions of people participated in voter fraud. “It is a fact, and you will not deny it, that there are massive numbers of non-citizens in this country who are registered to vote,” he said.

That allegation received "bushels of Pinocchios" from the Washington Post's fact checker.

It may seem as though Miller is taking a page from Trump’s playbook, but even 10 years ago, Miller was already speaking in similar terms. As a student, he wrote a column for the Duke Chronicle, and his writings are still online.

Here’s a sample of young Miller’s views from 2006 to 2007.

On facts: "We live in an era when honesty itself has become controversial."

On the globalization of culture versus American culture: "Continue to worship at the alter (sic) of multiculturalism, and we may come to see that we are participating in the sacrifice of the one culture which binds us all."

In response to a classmate calling him racist: "That's right, you have a mental disease. You're obsessed with race. You see everything in terms of race, and you see everyone who disagrees with your worldviews as a racist. And guess what? Almost everybody you've been talking to thinks something is wrong with you. They've come up to me and told me. They're just afraid to tell you what they think because they're worried you'll call them a racist."

On Hollywood: “That's because the Hollywood crowd feels sympathy for the terrorists, detests Republicans and sees America as an obstacle to a better world.” and “Of course this is not limited to the silver screen. Shows like 'Queer As Folk,' 'The L Word,' 'Will & Grace' and 'Sex and the City' all do their part to promote alternative lifestyles and erode traditional values.”

On affirmative action: “So-called affirmative action — which is a system of racial preferences — is not simply misguided. It is a devastating, paternalistic policy endorsed by white liberals more concerned with how they look to their elitist friends than to the well-being of the minorities they claim they want to help.”

On smoking: “[S]moking, while risky and potentially lethal, is not nearly as dangerous as special interest groups and their cohorts in government have made it out to be. It is instead an issue with tremendous political capital that preys on people's fears.”

On “sagging patriotism” in 2007: "And stand together we must, as this is a perilous time for America. Inside our borders, the nation of E Pluribus Unum threatens to be fractured across ethnic lines by racial animus and divisive multiculturalism. We suffer from sagging patriotism, growing malaise and a loss of faith in the noble history and principles that have made us great. Abroad, we face an enemy the likes of which we have never known, that believes spilling our blood will open the door to eternal salvation."