on the other hand

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1950, Bertrand Russell, acceptance speech for Nobel Prize in Literature

I maintain, however, on the one hand, that there are few occasions upon which large bodies of men, such as politics is concerned with, can rise above selfishness, while, on the other hand, there are a very great many circumstances in which populations will fall below selfishness, if selfishness is interpreted as enlightened self-interest.

1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 19:

The host of business travellers between Bishops Stortford and London would scarcely take kindly to devious routing via the Southbury line; on the other hand, it is not desirable that they should overcrowd the business trains to and from Cambridge.

• but, however, still, then again, yet, conversely, vice versa, on the flipside

• on the one hand
• on the gripping hand (fanspeak slang)
• on the third hand (jocular)