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10 Best Diane Lockhart Quotes From The Good Fight!

Seeing red: Christine Baranski stars as Diane Lockhart on The Good Fight.

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Here are some of the best bon mots from everyone's favorite acerbic attorney.

Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) tells it like it is—and nobody tells it better than Diane. Not only is Diane among the best lawyers in Chicago, she's also "smart, ambitious, principled and witty," say The Good Fight creators Robert and Michelle King. (The husband-and-wife team is also behind CBS' The Good Wife, Paramount+'s Evil, and CBS Studios' COVID-19 zombie satire, The Bite.) Read on for Diane's wittiest comebacks and most provocative (and evocative) quotes.

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"The truth only takes you that far ..."

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife swiveling in an office chair

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"And then you need lies."

"Everyone deserves a defense ..."

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife nods and turns to exit frame

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"Just not everyone deserves my defense."

"Life has a way of reminding you of who you are."

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife looks down fleetingly

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"It's always good to talk to a dinosaur ..."

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife wearing pearls and laughing

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"Reminds me how much things have changed."

"It's all right that the world is crazy ..."

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife turns to speak to a character out of frame

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"As long as I make my little corner of the world sane."

"People I thought with all my heart were guilty turned out to be innocent. And people I thought were saints, they weren't. That's why you don't go on instinct. You wait, you listen and watch. Eventually, everyone reveals themselves."