"You're out of line, Ensign."

"That said, I can understand the concern. I imagine it's easy to see yourself in the EMH."

"But the doctor is ultimately just a program. The computer receives inputs, performs calculations based on them, and manipulates the image it projects. It's a very complicated program, and I can see why you'd think it's alive, but turning the doctor off is more akin to closing a book than ... whatever atrocity you're imagining I just committed."

Still frustrated, he considers this for a moment, since Janeway is giving him some leeway despite his rudeness. "Programs have no souls?" he ventures.

(What he really means is "You believe programs have no souls?", but he's cooled down enough not to say it.)