Fidel Castro did declare his Marxist-Leninist commitment in the speech of 2 December 1961. The English translation checked reads “I shall be a Marxist-Leninist to the end of my life”; the searched phrasing is another rendering of that declaration.
“I am a Marxist-Leninist, and I will be a Marxist-Leninist until the last days of my life” Fidel Castro, 2 December 1961 speech; English translation varies. The 1962 text reads “shall ... to the end of my life.” · Verbatim: “I am a Marxist-Leninist, and I shall be a Marxist-Leninist to the end of my life.”
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Provenance
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Speech
Speech on Marxism-Leninism
Delivered
2 December 1961
Text checked
Fair Play for Cuba Committee English translation, 1962
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The address discusses the formation of an integrated revolutionary party and Castro’s political development. His declaration occurs in an explanation of why he regarded Marxism-Leninism as the appropriate theory for Cuba’s revolution; it is a public political commitment, translated into several English formulations.
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1926–2016 · Cuban revolutionary and political leader
Fidel Castro led the revolutionary movement that overthrew Fulgencio Batista’s government in 1959. He then governed Cuba as prime minister and president, overseeing the consolidation of a one-party communist state and a long confrontation with the United States.
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Castro, Fidel. “Speech on Marxism-Leninism.” 2 December 1961. English translation, Fair Play for Cuba Committee, 1962; transcribed by Marxists Internet Archive.
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Quotle.info. “Who really said ‘I am a Marxist-Leninist, and I will be a Marxist-Leninist until the last days of my life’?” Last verified 9 Nov 2026. https://quotle.info/who-said/i-am-a-marxist-leninist-and-i-will-be-a-marxist-leninist/