In J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, the wizard Gandalf declares repeatedly, "You cannot pass!" when he blocks the pursuing demon called a Balrog.
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The phrase was used again in December 1943 by French-Canadian officer Paul Triquet of the Victoria Cross.
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