All 12 Uses of
moreover
in
Profiles in Courage
- We realize, moreover, that our influence in the club—and the extent to which we can accomplish our objectives and those of our constituents—are dependent in some measure on the esteem with which we are regarded by other Senators.†
Chpt 0.1
- Moreover, in these days of Civil Service, the loaves and fishes of patronage available to the legislator—for distribution to those earnest campaigners whose efforts were inspired by something more than mere conviction—are comparatively few; and he who breaks the party's ranks may find that there are suddenly none at all.†
Chpt 0.1
- Defeat, moreover, is not only a setback for the Senatorhimself—he is also obligated to consider the effect upon the party he supports, upon the friends and supporters who have "gone out on a limb" for him or invested their savings in his career, and even upon the wife and children whose happiness and security—often depending at least in part upon his success in office—may mean more to him than anything else.†
Chpt 0.1
- Moreover, I question whether any Senator, before we vote on a measure, can state with certainty exactly how the majority of his constituents feel on the issue as it is presented to the Senate.†
Chpt 0.1 *
- Moreover, the Senate was to be less of a legislative body—where heated debates on vital issues would be followed anxiously by the public—and more of an executive council, passing on appointments and treaties and generally advising the President, without public galleries or even a journal of its own proceedings.†
Chpt 1.0
- Moreover, Webster was sufficiently acute politically to know that a divided party such as his would turn away from politically controversial figures and move to an uncommittedneutral individual, a principle consistently applied to this day.†
Chpt 2.3
- He would have nothing to do, moreover, with Calhoun's "hands-off" slavery resolutions and "Southern Address," attacking that revered sage of the South for his "long-cherished and ill-concealed designs against the Union," and insisting to the Senate that he, Sam Houston, was "on this floor representative of the whole American people."†
Chpt 2.5
- The decline in the Senate's power, moreover, had been foreshadowed by a rapid decline in prestige even before economic issues had replaced the sectional and Constitutional conflict.†
Chpt 3.0
- It was, moreover, a struggle between Executive and Legislative116 authority.†
Chpt 3.6
- Moreover, consistent with the courageous philosophy that had governed his return to public life, Lamar was determined not to back down merely because his section was contrary minded.†
Chpt 3.7
- He was, moreover, a brilliant political analyst, who knew that during his lifetime the number of American voters who agreed with the fundamental tenets of his political philosophy was destined to be a permanent minority, and that only by flattering new blocs of support—while carefully refraining from alienating any group which contained potential Taft voters—could he ever hope to attain his goal.†
Chpt 4.9
- He was, moreover, a lawyer of standing in the community and a candidate for the General Court at the nextelection.†
Chpt 4.10
Definition:
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(moreover) in addition to what has just been said