Full Idea
It would arouse doubts in us concerning a man if we heard he needed reasons for remaining decent: certainly, we would avoid him.
Gist of Idea
We would avoid a person who always needed reasons for remaining decent
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §313)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.173
A Reaction
This is a perfect slogan for virtue theory, and so rather surprising coming from Nietzsche. And 'decent' isn't a great Nietzsche value (though he WAS a very decent man).