Answer:
Said by Nick Carraway about the wealthy privilege of Tom and Daisy in believing that they can do whatever they want and all their actions are justifiable.
Explanation:
This lines are quoted from Chapter 9 of the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, said by Nick Carraway after the death of Jay Gatsby. Nick has come to the conclusion that Tom and his wife Daisy are just the typical wealthy people who seem to justify their actions with their wealth and social status.
After the death and funeral of Jay Gatsby, where Tom and Daisy didn't turn up, Nick met Tom after sometime. While in conversation with him, Nick came to the realization that Tom held no remorse for the death of Gatsby. rather, he seems to suggest that he is justified in letting him die. This shocked Nick, but then came to the conclusion that wealthy people like Tom and Daisy seem to hold that due to their wealth and status in society, whatever misdeeds they did are justifiable. That is why he comments they "smash up things and retreat back to their money of vast carelessness, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
